Pull the Other One

A couple of weeks ago Sarah was getting a lot of bad headaches. She noticed that one of her wisdom teeth had come through and booked an appointment at the dentist. The dentist said the tooth was the cause of Sarah’s headaches and would have to be removed because it was growing at an awkward angle. He worked at several different surgeries and as he didn’t have an appointment in Ottawa until August, we booked an appointment for today at his other surgery in Napanee, a mere two hours drive. Oh and the appointment was at eight thirty in the morning.

I had the day off work as Sarah would have to have a general anaesthetic and would be dopier than she is normally after the surgery. The operation went without a hitch and the dental nurse said Sarah was a very good patient. They say that anaesthetic acts like being hypnotised and patients will say what they really think. Whilst unconscious and with a dentist grappling to remove a tooth at the back of her mouth, Sarah said “I want something to eat”.