Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Update of Cindy
Thanks for the prayers. Cindy did pretty well in getting her teeth cut out even though we ran into a few unforeseen complications on the way. First the two wisdom teeth that the oral surgeon thought he could get out without cutting away any of the bone were deeper than the X ray showed so all four required removal of pieces of bone. secondly, Cindy has mutated teeth with three roots on each. The third root is also a very long root that had to be drilled out on all four. Even though this procedure took twice as long as a normal removal of impacted wisdom teeth, the oral surgeon feels that it went well and does not expect any problems like paralysis, punctures into the sinuses, or other such risks. She will probably have quite a bit of pain and twice the swelling as normally expected but he has armed us with a pain medication, a pain medication/ anti inflammatory, a stronger anti inflammatory,and an antibiotic. She will take all of these , except the strong anti inflammatory for a week or more. She will go back in a week and hopefully get the stitches out then. Your prayers for a quick recovery are most appreciated.