Kid 1 has complications following wisdom tooth removal surgery. She has an infection and possibly a dry socket and is in a lot of pain. She went for the follow up, and the dentists basically gave her a stronger amoxylin, and that’s it.
Fence guys may or may not be coming to replace fence, because Granddog Artha escaped again and today Charles Tubbins squeezed his fat butt through the same fence. Why would you take out a perfectly good wooden fence and replace it with iron fence that is clearly improperly installed? Why? They actually pierced a pipe when they put that fence in and then patched it up badly, so we ended up with a leak in the garage.
I just sent this email, offered here without context, “As long as we can get him to do that Mr. MacBroodypants look he did in that one shot, nobody will care about her shoes.”
We have less than 70 pages left on Kate’s edit. We will need betas soon. Unfortunately these 70 pages are super labor intensive.
Send tea and chocolate.
PS. Do not send tea and chocolate. That was a figurative appeal. All gifts will be returned unopened. I am not kidding.
Use clove oil on the dry socket area. I will sting a little at first, but it will fade. It will numb the area for a short period of time, reduce swelling in the area, and help fight infection. That was what my dentist advised me to do.
Jinx!
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Yep it will instantly stop the dry socket pain.
https://www.livestrong.com/article/469175-clove-oil-as-a-dry-socket-remedy/
Clove oil works well, just make certain to dilute it with vegetable oil.
Yes, I also do this with mouth sores. It stings a little at first but it numbs the pain and seems to speed healing. *Cross fingers*
My dentist advised me to use a salt wash for infection. As well as antibiotics had all pain and most of the swelling done in 2 days. Wash out two or three times a day with warm water with as much salt as will dissolve in it.
Totally agree with a good salty swirl. Use some organic salt and go for gold. Hope she gets better. Infection is no joke.
When I’ve had dry socket I’ve had very good results with artificial butter spread applied to the socket.
Sending virtual tea and chocolate.
When I had my wisdom teeth out, and got dry socket, clove oil was recommended by my dentist. It worked quite well as a topical anesthetic – and made *everything* taste like cloves, but in as much pain as I was in, I was willing to go for it. (That was a lousy week. My sympathies to Kid 1.)
Ditto. It’s total ick taste, smell, and otherwise but does numb the dry socket.
…I did also get percoset, I’m fairly certain. (This was one of the early experiences with how much I hate anesthetic, and the bad reactions I have to opiates, so the clove oil stands out as much more of a plus.)
Too bad about the chocolate. Note: I found Valrhona, my go to guilty pleasure, on amazon.
Gosh!! I hope kid if OK.
And fence gets fixed.
I have worker issues today too. Electrician wanted $80 to fix the light he replaced in Oct {he didn’t check dust to dawn cell at the time. I just now needed it}. He left a huge ditch where he poorly trenched the electric line to front gate. Fifty feet of hole I’ll have to have someone fix {This is in front of the house and messes up the driveway} I looked back, 2 months to get half the work done last fall, now after at least 5 standups since Oct he was surprised I got pissed.
It sounds like this.
Flanders and Swann: The gas man cometh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyeMFSzPgGc
Loved this!
Yeeeessssss. So true AND the oldies are still the best in many ways.
It’s worth giving Kid 1 some probiotics to help with the tummy trouble that strong antibiotics usually bring. Have her eat some yogurt, at least.
And if she can’t stand yogurt, Cottage Cheese comes with probiotics (Activia Brand).
I would be honoured to beta read the last of the Kate books. Hope the day gets better for you.
So sorry, post-surgery infections are horrible. If her jaw starts closing despite her exercising it, take her to another doctor – the first may have left bone chips inside!
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Wishing much chocolate does somehow come your way!!! Oh, and tea too. ?
I cannot even imagine bone chips.
I don’t think you’ll be returning this one.
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Lol. I think all of us would agree that’s a keeper!
Pretty!!!@
This needs a LOVE button. Or an AMEN button.
Great way to combine tea and chocolate. 😀
Sounds like you need some chamomile tea and a nap or a time out. We had a lab/retriever cross that would climb the chain link fence of the dog pen, under the clubhouse, in the yard and almost be back to the house before you. We ended up using wire because she chewed through the rope. We had her on a chain for a while to keep her in the yard so she chewed off the bottom of the fence so she could get out and sit in the alley still on the chain. She was the sweetest dog and loved hunting. She’d see the guns and load up in the back of the pickup ready to go. My boys let me read in bed on Sunday morning and she’d lay down with me with her head on the extra pillow until I got up and stripped the bed. We really missed her when she passed, such a character.
We had a black lab Tia that did not hunt but was great at catching the fish in the tidal flats across the road at high tide. We lost her @ 16 to cancer and still grieve her 20 yrs later. Sweetest giri on four paws.
I too experienced dry socket and was miserable. The dentist was so empathetic, he said “ I’m so sorry there isn’t much that can be done. I don’t know why this happens to the nice people and never seems to happen to the shitheads.”
So we all have that going for us.
When I had my wisdom teeth out, the left side of my face swelled up — was noticeably swollen compared to the right side — and I think I was on antibiotics for a good two months because of an obvious infection. (Plus, you could feel the fever in my jaw on the outside of my face.) My diligent tongue kept poking at the spot and one day I felt something sharp prick my tongue. POKE-POKE-POKE-POKE-POKE Finally this little sliver of bone worked its way out of the gum. It was flat and serrated on all sides and no more more than a couple mm long. Once it was no longer in the gum, the infection went away and everything returned to normal. It was an un-fun two or three months, though.
When I had my wisdom teeth removed 22 years ago, they packed the holes with cloves for 3 weeks. I hated cloves then and hate them even more now! But no drysocket. Apparently, it’s a natural remedy that works.
I will send you virtual tea and chocolate, how’s that? Or maybe I will just have some and enjoy it for you . . . (My version of tea is to toss a bag of organic green tea in with the coffee as it’s brewing for ‘cofftea’, lol. But it’s the thought that counts, right?).
Anyway, it only gets better from here on in. We, your loyal readers, will patiently await our next adventure in the Kate Daniels u-verse.
Breathe.
The P.S. caught my attention – do you always return gifts of food or beverage from fans? I assume everyone is as paranoid as me so don’t blame you for not eating it but wouldn’t it be more efficient to toss it in the garbage?
I once had a student bring me a cookie in his bare hand. He stood there waiting for me to eat it. I did. I knew he had lost his mother just a few months before to cancer.
That’s a beautiful story. Poor kid. It meant a lot to him that you enjoyed his gift.
My new favorite tea is called Teecino. It’s not really tea but a roasted chicory like beverage. It even comes in chocolate flavored (I like the Hazelnut best!)
You can get it on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Teeccino-Coffee-Alternative-Variety-Pack/dp/B00TZ5UV28/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1518463644&sr=8-1&keywords=teecino
Best wishes for a speedy recovery for poor Kid 1!
OMG, dogs! So adorbz. I hope you get the fence fixed soon so poor puppers can’t get out.
How do you find your beta readers? Can your fellow fans be beta readers or is there some pre-requisite? Would love to find out more information….!
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I feel for Kid 1, there is no pain like dental pain. One of my bottom wisdom teeth became impacted and then infected before my surgery and nothing seemed to help. Swishing salt water also does help.
It is definitely a monday. I hope Kid 2 feels better soon, sometimes amoxycillin and time is what it takes.
Sinuses suck. Couldn’t decide between hot cocoa and tea, so making hot cocoa with mini marshmallows to drink now, brewing a pot of tea for after lunch. Chocolate and tea! Will dedicate a cup of each to you:-)
Might add a splash of rum to the cocoa…. I am done with work for the day
Sounds great. Will remember that. Thanks
Hubs has torn apart my home library/office and is replacing with custom built shelves and desk (Yes, he is VERY handy), so all is chaos. I can not work in chaos. Visual chaos makes me crazy. Meanwhile, I have two dozen new items to post on my etsy shop. Argh! So feeling your angst today. Sending you virtual Godiva truffles and some very nice English breakfast tea. The lovely teacup and saucer are just a little extra perk. BTW, my dentist is also into the clove oil thing.
Ouch!! Which is why I tell my kid he has no idea how lucky he had it when his came out in September .
Hope she feels better soon . My only suggestion is a pkg of frozen peas as an ice pack .
We had unending snow and ice last week. Is it spring yet?
So many things at one time. You didn’t realize how strong you were until this. Sigh.
Sending hugs for everything that ails you.
I got an infection after a wisdom teeth removal. Super painful! Do not underestimate tooth pain.
And, that email about MacBroodyPants has gotta be Hugh. Hugh and his pork sword. ?
I thought MacBroodyPants was Derek? Didn’t Ascanio call him that?
Yes, that’s Ascanio name for Derek.
Sending virtual tea and chocolate as well.
I have never been as sick as i was after wisdom tooth removal. Of course, the Percocet I was given for pain made me throw up. Hope she feels better soon. Glad to hear edits are progressing!!
Thinking of you all and sending good vibes and energy! I’m also saying a little prayer for Kid 1; wisdom teeth suck.
Send yarn instead? 😀
I hope Kid 1 gets better soonest. I was born without wisdom teeth. Explains a lot.
Me too…always wondered about that. Other teeth gave me enough grief. Glad I did not have wisdom teeth to impact the trouble. lol
Can Artha get satellite channels with those ears? What a beautiful dog. Kid 1 or Kid 2 has excellent taste in a canine companion. I’m sending you a nice Egyptian Licorice Mint tea with chocolate truffles, a sort of figurative hug.
I feel for your baby! I got dry socket and an infection after having 4 impacted wisdom teeth removed. So much pain I was in tears. Even worse, when the oral surgeon cleaned out one socket with a syringe. Heating pad on my cheek helped a bit. I missed some time from college since I had to go home to get it treated. My entire face was black and blue, which was good because my professors believed me about my absence! Maybe ask her regular doctor for a few pain meds. Really warranted. Wish her speedy recovery.
Grand puppy looks like my Pepper pup. Cute as a button and mischievous as all get out. So to speak. 😉
+40 billion on the cloves. If you soak a small piece of a cotton ball, she can bite down on that. Like others, my dentist made me do this when I had dry socket. (Dry socket is terrible.)
Best wishes for Kid 1. I’m glad she’s not allergic to the antibiotics to help with the infection. I have to let everyone who treats me know I’m allergic to the entire cillin family. Mine is genetic. I learned the hard way when I was at teen. It’s a horrible allergy to have.
Will you accept virtual hugs?
Hugs improve everything. (Well maybe not tooth pain 🙁 – Sorry. Hope Kid 1 is better soon.)
***Includes many virtual hugs for anyone that needs them at your house.***
PS: If your kids ever give you grief about “Kid 1” and “Kid 2”, point out that Phil and Kaja Foglio referred to their children as “Experiment 1” and “Experiment 2” for years.
Wisdom teeth are a pain, literally and figuratively. When I had mine out my husband left for 12 weeks and I had a small baby. Such fun. You have dogs getting out and we have deer getting in. Why can’t service people do their jobs conscientiously the first time. Makes me wonder. I hope that all goes well and quickly. I imagine those edits are very intense. There must be a bitter sweet feeling to them. I hope that all goes well soon.
Sending virtual peach apricot black tea from The Metropolitan Tea Company and some Patrick Roger chocolate.
“All gifts will be returned unopened.”
— So we just have to send opened gifts then. Gotcha. 😉
Man, am I glad my wisdom teeth extraction was uneventful. I didn’t even get a fun video of me on drugs. (My brother has a great video of his oldest son after he had his pulled.) They gave me a Valium, or maybe it was Prozac, and they were pleasantly surprised as how calm I was as they tugged those teeth out. No problems afterwards. Except I think I tried eating before the numbing shot had worn off and I ended up chewing the hell out of my inner cheeks. That did hurt once the numb stopped being numb.
I wire fencing like chicken wire or sheep and goat fence size openings. Most Walmarts have it in at least 2 ft by 25ft sections in the garden section if there isn’t a Home Improvement store near you. Then you can use it to make a garden after you get the fence fixed. Sending mental tea and chocolate happy vibes! Besides I can only send mental, I’m out of corporeal chocolate.
Isn’t MacBroodypants Hugh’s last name?
I am reasonably sure the dentist puts in a temporary dressing which stops the pain plus gives antibiotics
Son the One uses buried double wire, with logs and cement blocks on top. He has doxies and a beagles. Excuse me, dachshunds.
I can’t recommend the salt water rinse enough! I had a double infection after my wisdoms were pulled (right after I had my braces off too….I was less than pleased). After every meal, and once inbetween is what I did. My mom also picked up those medicinal syringes (the plastic ones to give kids liquid medicine), and I doused the tooth holes with it too. The extra pressure from the water helped clean everything out for me.
Also, ice packs. Gotta love ice packs.
I also had double infections after getting my wisdom teeth pulled. The gums healed on the surface, so the dentist had to slice them back open (not fun). I as well used the salt water rinse with syringes, and it speeded the recovery (and cleaned any debris from each tooth hole as Mmg mentioned).
I am indeed sorry to hear about Kid 1’s infection and pain – and hope she heals and feels better quickly. I know it isn’t funny when dogs get out of their fences (mine decide to make a break for the wide open spaces, or at least the horses next door, every once in a while and my heart is in my throat until they are safe home again), but your description had me chortling. ? I hope you get the fencing figured out soon.
I completely understand you not trusting consumables from unknown sources. What a shame it is that there are nut jobs who WOULD and have sent people something bad. Sigh…I just don’t understand the venom and evil behind such things!!! Unfortunately they do happen, so you have to be safe rather than sorry!! The one in a million who would do something like that ruins it for the rest of us who would love to be able to send you a little treat with some love – as you have given us so much pleasure. So, instead of real chocolate and tea, I will join the others in sending you mental gifts of your favorite tea and chocolate, as well as warm thoughts and prayers for you and all family members.
Can we send gift cards for you to buy your own tea and chocolate?
Here’s hoping that all works well for Kid 1 and Editing Hell.
Had a dry socket while in service. Dr soaked some cotton in clove juice and stuck them in the hole. Hole went in to sinus and I couldn’t sneeze.
That and ice packs.
Mcbroodypants is Derek’s nickname. Good luck on the fence guys and dogs. Move hitching post to more center of yard and shorter chain to stop awol’s.
I got sidetracked by the dogs! I missed any drama with my wisdom teeth other than I thought he was going to put both feet on my head for leverage when he pulled them out. The numbing wore off just as I walked out of the office. Sorry to hear she is having issues with her extractions and hope she heals quickly. I was craving chocolate so much I finally made the fudge I skipped at Christmas. It sure is good and it freezes well. Seriously, I’ve taken to making a cup of chamomile tea about 11p.m. after I get home from my second job. It helps me shut down my mind and I wake up in a better mood even with less sleep. I’m not enjoying ten hour workdays but I have a goal so I’m persevering.
A note of interest for people around Virginia….. the Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA has a Chinese terracotta soldiers exhibit through March 15 or so and a Faberge exhibit with five eggs! I am treating myself to that and the quilt exhibit this month. So excited!….AND the Suffolk Mystery Writers on August 4 has Charlaine Harris and Toni LP Kelner as featured authors. Squeee! Big red circle on my calendar! Just thought I’d pass that info on, I hope you don’t mind too much Ilona.
I am in Virginia, and really appreciate the heads up about those events! Thank you Catlover! ?
My kid 1 got an infection in one of her wisdom tooth extraction sites and then it got infected again two weeks after the first course of antibiotics. This was last August/September. It was truly upsetting. Sorry yours is feeling poorly. Hope she feels much, much better soon.
Your Post Script made me giggle, although I promise I did take it very seriously 🙂
I’m so sorry your daughter is miserable. I’m wishing her pain free and fast healing. Re the fence – our four foot fence is iron and has a bottom three foot wire fence that my chihuahua simply climbs. So I bought a special harness that has a horizontal bar across the top so she cannot climb up wire fence and then squeeze thru the iron fence. Would that work for your dogs? It might help if that is the problem. Good luck with your daughter and the fence!
I have long wanted to send you a (non-edible) gift. I am full of sadness that you will not accept it.
Wishing Kid #1a speedy recovery!
Send me your fax and I’ll fax you the cookies. Tea you’ll have to source yourselves.
Nothing for the pain? Good God, that’s not okay. I’m taking Tylenol in her honor. And drinking tea and eating cookies in yours.
Look at those ears! And a pink collar to boot, all ready for an unescorted walk about the neighborhood.
Oh no, so sorry about the wisdom tooth pain! I hope she feels better soon.
Here for Mr. MacBroodypants! Also sending you some virtual tea and chocolate. I’ve recently discovered a Filipino artisan chocolate brand called Auro, and it’s so good.
for pain try alternating Tylenol and ibuprofen – you have to alternate them and keeping up with the different times of when to take and when it was taken can be wearisome to keep up with but I’ve heard you get better otc pain relief – look on the web for how to alternate them.
RE: wisdom teeth-I’m sorry I didn’t see this post yesterday. Both my girls ended up with dry sockets even though they were both religious with their aftercare. Their oral surgeon inserted pain strips right in the socket- painful for a few seconds to insert, but instant relief. They left them in for a couple days, then the doctor removed them, and they were fine. My advice is to go back to their doctor.
yes,,, worked for me as well, smelled like cloves. 🙂
Clove oil can help with dry socket,
What I was going to suggest.
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Had dry socket when a student many years ago. Worse than original pain. Never want to go through that again. Was worse because you think the pain is over with extraction and it comes roaring back, worse. Hope Kid 1 gets relief soon.
Sending virtual tea and chocolate (only the best!) Take care of yourself and HUGS.
Hope your kid is feeling better soon. We have had a lot of success with the salt water rinses and also the alternating of Tylenol and Advil. If she does the medicines I recommend that she has paper and pen and write down when she takes each type so she can easily keep track.
Good luck with the fence.
Because of metabolic issues have terrible teeth. Sending so much positive energy. What helped me were hot moist towels under my jaw and Vicks under my nose. Dogs keep us sharp. You got this.
Avid fan I love your books.
Never combine tylenol with advil – risk liver damage. Talk to the doctor about better pain relief.
I recently had 10 dental implants. Only had about four hours discomfort. I used SAMe to manage inflamation and Advil for pain.
Lef.org SAMe has lots of published studies from peer review journals. SAMe is used to manage bone inflamation & pain, and reactive depression. Articles in Lef discussed dosing
Hope your kid feels better soon.
Not True! It’s Tylenol with Percocet, Vicodin, Norco, or Darvocet that will gork your liver and kill you.
Advil is an non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, does not affect the liver the way Tylenol does. Physicians’ use them together postoperatively all the time. Recently even more than usual to decrease opioid prescribing.
My dad practiced dentistry for more than 50 years. My summer job was to work at his office. He always prescribed salt water soaks and moist tea bags whenever he extracted a tooth. The tannic acid in the tea promotes clotting and pain relief. Moisten a tea bag with warm water, place over the socket area and bite down. Good luck that your daughter has a quick recovery.
I had dry sockets after my wisdom teeth and the oral surgeon (via phone, because he was in St. Louis and I was back at college in Kansas City) recommended I put a chunk of gauze soaked in clove oil over the hole where the tooth was and bite down. It hurt like heck to begin with, then it really helped the pain.
Good luck to you all.
Oh betas, me, me!!
Sending tea & chocolate filled
thoughts.
Artha has the face of an adventurer/explorer. My Georgie-girl (named after Curious George for her antics as a pup) never outgrew her wanderlust. Good luck until you get better fencing.
I’ve been in fencing for 30+ years, its easy to hit an underground utility. Most mark out services only mark out from the street to where the service enters your home. Anything like sprinklers, gas lines for pool heaters or grills its just guessing on where they are unless the owner lets you know. But fixing a sprinkler line is easy and cheap no excuse there. Suggestion on the fence, it its aluminum make sure its good quality some of the brands out there (for example Barrette (Activeyards)) are super cheesy and you can literally bend the pickets your dog will squeeze right out. If you get Chain link make sure to ask for a bottom rail helps to keep the dog from pushing the bottom of the wire fabric out. Wood fence is good but prices on Cedar are thru the roof and spruce only last 10/15 yrs and it greys really dark. Vinyl depends on the brand like the aluminum and the style used some are cheesy some are great but the better brands (Bufftech/Certainteed) are pricey course they look amazing 🙂 Good luck!