Cracks me up, these kids of mine. Grandma called to check on the patient and wanted to talk to me. She was told that "Clara Nightengale" is busy right now. Same child who morphed Barak + Obama into Barama the morning after the election.
Anyhow, oral surgery really wasn't oral surgery as I remember it. Not sure why they knocked daughter out (but I think it had something to do with the one tooth rotated 90 degrees and the likelihood that it would crack while being extracted - but that didn't happen). I went in with my daughter while they attached the EKG and oxygen and blood pressure cuff. She looked adorable in the hairnet and maintained her sense of humor. I left just as she was falling asleep.
I went to the bathroom (2 minutes), made coffee (5 minutes - my first time using one of those fancy machines) and read exactly four pages in my book before the nurse let me know that the doc would be out in two minutes. All went well - one Rx for pain, nothing for swelling or infection which was what I was told. He said in about fifteen minutes she'd be ready to go - ten minutes later I was told to drive around back to pick her up.
She was sweet and groggy and funny. We stopped at McD's and I spent $3.10 on a berry chiller. We stopped at my friend's where I dropped off tons of stuff for her kids. She gave me the 5th grade text books for this year and also a box of popsicles for my daughter.
The only drawback about someone convalenscing upstairs is how many times you run up and down. Ice pack on for fifteen minutes, then off. Three popsicles means three trips up and down. I did run to the pharmacy and got the Rx filled - a $25 gift card was the reward for bringing in a new prescription.
I was gone and back in under two hours and my mother made it to yoga on time. Right now the patient is watching TV and DH is bringing her fries at 2:00.
All is good. 
Call me "Clara Nightengale" or "Florence Barton"!
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