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Wisdom teeth

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Belinda got her wisdom teeth out yesterday morning. They said she did really well but she was very not happy afterwards. I have funny videos of Lenora and Bennett after their wisdom teeth came out. Belinda was either dozing or crying, so that wasn’t great. She took it easy yesterday and today she’s sore but doing better. She had me make chicken and rice soup for her today and that made her feel loved, I think.

When we were at the oral surgeon the doctor said he would call in a oral rinse prescription for Bennett, because he got canker sores after his wisdom teeth extraction, which apparently happens sometimes. They were going to call it in to CVS but it didn’t show up yesterday. The CVS people told me to wait until this morning and then check again. So it still didn’t show up and now it’s Saturday. I called the doctor’s after-hours line and waited on hold a long time, and then the person took my info and said I’d get a call back. When the call back came, they said it was because it was a prescription needing compounding and CVS doesn’t do that. If I had known it was a compound prescription I wouldn’t have asked them to send it to CVS. So I said to send it to the pharmacy in Tuttle. They said they would but the pharmacy here still didn’t have the prescription when they closed at noon. So Bennett gets to have a hurting mouth for the weekend.

I wonder if Belinda will get mouth sores as well.

Today is the kind of day that I really wish things like this were easier to navigate.

Thirty days of gratefulness – Something You Didn’t Have Last Year

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Okay, today is Something You Didn’t Have Last Year. And I am pleased to actually be writing this on the correct day and not having to backdate.

I’m going to have to make it short and sweet because there’s just too much happening right now and I want to let my mind rest a minute. But I am thankful for my son-in-law and future daughter-in-law, neither of which I had last year.

It was wild having my children start dating their eventual life partner within days of each other. Suddenly instead of six chairs at the dining room table, we needed eight. And we couldn’t all fit in one car anymore. It’s been difficult getting used to new people being at our house all the time. I am usually guarded around people who aren’t my close family, and having others here made me feel on edge. It’s better now.

But even with that difficulty, I am so thankful that Ben R. and Mia are in Lenora’s and Bennett’s lives, and that they are very happy with their partners and in love. It is hard to let go but it is good to add more love to our family.

I have been praying for my children’s future spouses ever since they were babies. It has been very nice to finally meet two of the people I’ve been praying for.

A different sick baby

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Today Bennett is the one who needs babying. He got his wisdom teeth out this morning. Our portion was higher than I thought it was going to be, because I didn’t understand the paperwork they’d gave us before, but I had gotten a credit card offer right after Ben lost his job and I thought that might be needed in an emergency and I guess this was the emergency. I’m glad I had it.

After, we went to our regular CVS in Mustang to pick up the four prescriptions. We waited in line and were next to go when the pharmacy closed for lunch, at 1:30 pm. Bummer. So we went to Walmart and I bought gauze and puddings and popsicles and things while he waited in the car. We went back to CVS and got there right at 2 pm and got in line. Then when we finally got there, they informed us that the prescription had actually been called in to a different CVS instead of the one we requested. Okay. We turned around and went back north for about seven miles to the other CVS and got in line, and eventually, we had his prescriptions in hand. The funny thing is, if I had only known they were going to call it in to the wrong CVS, we could have had the meds right away. The oral surgeon was basically across the street. Both CVS stores are on Mustang Road, so I can see how that mistake could happen.

He said he was going to go up to the car taking forever at CVS and just look in their window like this.

We parked in the lot and he got his medication. I was very glad because he’d had a few big bouts of pain, just really sharp and sudden.

By the time we got home, he was asleep, thanks to the stronger of the prescriptions. I woke him up and we went inside and now he’s on the couch, snoring.

I was going to go with Karlene to see Jerry tonight because hospice has said that his passing is imminent, but I don’t think I should leave Bennett like this. I originally thought Mia would be here when we got back because I misunderstood what she said her work scheudule was today. I don’t want to leave Bennett alone here.

I also can’t go see Jerry tomorrow because we are going to take Belinda to NWOSU for Ranger Preview. She needs to go to this to prepare for going to school there in the fall. Just attending gets her a $600 scholarship.

We’ve already made plans to go to Jerry’s on Sunday afternoon, instead of hosting church lunch here. I hope he is still with us that day.

It’s hard when there’s no clear correct answer.