The Root Canal et al.

So, yesterday, i was subjected to having to get a root canal. Now, it has this dreaded reputation of being the worst thing on the planet. YOu know "i'd rather have a root canal than...." and that's usually to say that, that other thing is horrible! I have never had a root canal. I actually only have 3 cavities in my mouth, 3 fillings, each of which recently have gone to complete crap. Thus the need for a root canal on one of them. I'm so lucky. Anyway, i digress. The root canal was scheduled for 3;30 pm in Annapolis MD. I had matt taking a half day at work so that he could come along and watch the baby (and other 2) while i got it done since parker has a leash attached to my breast that only extends 1.5 hours during the day. The trip to annapolis from my house is about 1 hour and 15 minutes in no traffic...so you could see how the 1.5 hour time limit just wouldn't be happening. So just as we're getting ready to leave, andie decides to tell me she thinks she's going to throw up. Great. So now i have to switch gears. Matt stays with the threatening to puke andie and colin and i take the baby and have my sister in law meet me there to watch the baby. Thank GOD for a nice sister in law that was willing to stand and rock my baby during my appt.

I get there, and of course i feed the baby (my job), and then i get all numbed up. The numbing up, was the most BIZARRE dental numbing i've ever experienced...the second he injected i got shooting pains down my nerves to my tounge, every tooth, my cheek it was crazy...it was crazy gooood because i knew that pain meant he hit the nerves right and i would be NUMB. But that wasn't all, he then proceeded to inject right around the tooth that was getting done...i told him i didn't want to feel my head and he obliged ;) So, i had to wait 20 minutes he said after the injection to let it set in. I was MORE than happy to make sure that i was numb. So i head on out to the waiting room where my sil and the baby were sitting. Don't you know, i had to feed the baby again?!? he's a hungry little fella. Anyways, as i'm sitting there talking to my sil, she starts cracking up laughing because apparently as the seconds rolled by my face was becoming paralyzed on the one side...she said she's never seen anything like it, and she has been a dental assistant! I was proud of my drool, left lip droop and cheek paralyzation though, cuz i knew, oh yeah, that tooth, i wouldn't feel it! So as i'm looking rediculous, and feeding the baby, this poor poor woman in the seat acroos from us started questioning about every little step of the process, she was scared shitless of a root canal. Apparently she had one done THIRTY years ago, i assured her that the times have changed. Just as i say that, this happy guy comes strolling out of the back area into the waiting room and says "that was the smoothest, most painless root canal i've ever had". Can you say, THANK GOD, PRAISE THE LORD. I was happy to hear that.

Anyways, the baby is done eating, and im still waiting. Now i'm getting nervous because i've been waiting longer than that 20 minutes, so i think, crap that numbness is going to wear off. Lucky for me, i tell the assistant that when i go back there, and she assures me they will re-numb me. And Sure enough, Dr. Berman (the saint) put more injections around the tooth and it was completely numb. WOOO. Now, this man performed the root canal in 15 minutes tops. NO joke, he was in and out and sealed it up quicker than you can imagine. MUCH faster than a traditional filling even. THis guy was a root canal MACHINE. of course, he does these all day long...it's all he does. I can honestly say, i didn't feel anything. terrific. I won't say it's not a bit painful after the anesthetic wears off, but nothing 800 mg of ib profen can't help.

After the procedure, i decided to go out with my sil and baby to eat. well, watch her eat will i drink some soda. We get there, and it's a pub place (ramshead for those of you that have been to annapolis) it's not exactly filled with families, but that's ok. Of course baby parker being who he is, wants to eat. again. So, no shame to my game, i throw on a cover and feed him. Well, there was this table of 5, what seemed to be trial lawyers right next to us. I'm thinking, heck, they don't even know i'm feeding the baby..if anything they are probably noticing my droopy paralyzed face. But much to my surprise, they start talking to us when parker started crying. A man pipes up "a, just switch sides!" i'm like WHAAA???? Then he proceeds to go into conversation about mothers milk, and how england had just sold pints of breastmilk ice cream for 22 dollars. still shocked, i'm thinking, are they really talking about this right now?! then they pipe up "don't worry, there are 15 kids between us sitting here". OK, first, i wasn't worried, a baby has to eat when he has to eat, and i have no shame anymore. But then he goes on " i once got up in the middle of the night to eat some oreos, and I down what i thought to be regular milk and ended up drinking breastmilk, not bad!". Ok, this is getting weird. I just kinda did that awkward chuckle and decided it was time for the check.

I took my drooling self and my hungry baby and we headed out on our journey back to woodbridge. it's now 6:30 pm, so you'd think, eh, there shouldn't be much traffic by now!! WRONG. I sat in traffic for 30 minutes barely moving. Seriously nova?!?

and by the way, andie was FINE....i think matt bribed her to pretend to be sick so he didn't have to go! sneaky family...