(*WARNING - Long whiny post - Read at your own discretion!!!*)
Every time someone tells me a story about having some totally unlucky thing happen to them I often think in my head "Oh man that is totally Lauren luck". Now I do not want to sound ungrateful - I am richly blessed each and every day in fact - but can I just whine for a moment.
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I am 5 days out from my due date and the have maybe had about 4 hours of sleep in the last 4 days. Now all pregnant woman typically have this sleeping issue but it is not even the baby that is keeping me up these nights - it's LAUREN LUCK! About 4 days ago I started having a toothache and thought I had brought it on by actually flossing for the first time in about 2 months (I know gross - but your gums are so dang sensitive when you are prego) so naturally I am all sorts of mad at myself. Well, next day after not sleeping one bit it only seems more painful. I try to take a few Tylenol and ice it and hope that I just irritated my gums a bit when I flossed. I try to go to bed that night still no sleep and the next day I have about had it. I call the OB go in and get some pills from him and he tells me to go see a dentist. At this point I know something is not right in my mouth - my cheek is swelling and I am totally unsure why the this tooth is hurting since I had a root canal done it about 5 years ago and it's actually a pretty little crown now. So I get a dental referral from the Embassy - hello do Mexicans even have dentists!?!? Thankfully I hear he is married to someone who works at the Embassy and comes highly recommended. I am in his seat for like 5 minutes max in which time he feels the gums where the toothache is and tells me instantly - you have an abscess. He takes a quick x-ray to confirm and sends me out the door at no charge with his endodontist (root canal specialist for those lucky folks that have no clue what that is) to start repair. I am FLOORED. Can I please sue this dentist in UT who totally botched this root canal the first time and left me for years wondering why my cheek was always a bit tender? The Mexican Dr. kept asking me about the first root canal and if the dentist used a protective dam to keep the site clean - NO - so he thinks that bacteria might have gotten inside while he was doing the job. The Dr. also pulled out the little rod that they put in to fill up the canal - the UT Dr. had put in this brittle little plastic rod that was like a 1 inch splinter. The Mexican Dr. was so mad that anyone would put that in someones mouth that he found a little jar to save it in and show his students (he taught 3 years at Baylor in TX - good man). Anyway, I still have to go back to finish the procedure on Monday if the baby does not come first.
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Thankfully my crown was strong and did not crack or break when the Dr. was drilling it open. Thankfully Dr.'s in Mexico are quick to help and assist and do not even charge you for their service if it's a quick visit. I am thankful that Danny was a hero and stayed home with me to taxi me around all day in this insanely traffic filled city and was incredibly patient and sweet.
Thankfully my crown was strong and did not crack or break when the Dr. was drilling it open. Thankfully Dr.'s in Mexico are quick to help and assist and do not even charge you for their service if it's a quick visit. I am thankful that Danny was a hero and stayed home with me to taxi me around all day in this insanely traffic filled city and was incredibly patient and sweet.
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I am still feeling the tenderness and still not sleeping so great hence it being 5:30am and I am blogging and not exactly the way I wanted the week leading up to having my first baby to go but as my sister said somehow ladies who break their legs or get a horrible flu before going into labor all somehow get through it. I will too.
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The end.
Now... can this baby just come already! =)
