What a Day!

My poor daughter had her wisdom teeth extracted yesterday. All went well with the surgery – she was done in 45 minutes – but the rest of the day did not go as smoothly. She was so nauseous and actually got sick a couple of times. She especially had trouble with the pain pills. And she needs the pain pills, but we had to stop them. Ice packs help, but after 24 hours of that, she’s tired of having that thing wrapped around her face, too. At one point yesterday, she looked at me and said, “I feel like a two-year-old.” But she’s definitely easier to deal with than she was as a two-year-old, even though I felt just as helpless at times yesterday as I did when she was little and sick.

An even greater problem has been maintaining her blood sugar levels. She has low blood sugar and if it gets too low, she has a headache and can even be nauseous. That definitely contributed to the problems yesterday because nothing she could eat provided enough protein for her. We boosted the blood sugar level with a milkshake, but then it cratered and she was in worse shape. So it was a vicious cycle. I’m hoping she’ll be up for a scrambled egg this morning. A steady diet of mashed potatoes and mac and cheese isn’t cutting it. We may find out just how many scrambled eggs she can eat in one day.

She’s been up this morning to change her ice pack, but she must have gone back to sleep. She said she slept last night, and I hope so since she can’t take her regular medication until her stomach settles down. Please pray for her to have a better day. She’s hoping a friend or two will drop by and I’m hoping she’ll feel like seeing them if they do