Wisdom teeth

Poor Nathaniel had all of his wisdom teeth pulled today! I would never have done this except that the dentist said that they were growing into his other teeth and we didn't want him to lose those. This is when I wish I had known about the Weston A. Price diet while I was pregnant-- he could have been born with plenty of mouth space for all his teeth! (One of my favorite parts of the WAPF magazine "Wise Traditions" is the section where parents send in their photos of their healthy babies and toddlers. They all have nice straight teeth with broad smiles!).

So, I've been his nurse today and I started him yesterday on a dose in the morning and the evening of Arnica 200c to help with the pain, swelling and bruising that goes along with this kind of surgery. I was going to give him some right before his surgery but I forgot to bring it (and I forgot my phone!) so he went in without it. I was pretty nervous and tired... I should have looked up a remedy for myself! He went through it fine and had minimal bleeding. He was okay when we got home, so I gave him Arnica 200c again, waited for 10 minutes and then gave him Hypericum 30c for nerve pain. Unfortunately I didn't have Hypericum 200c because that is better for this kind of pain and my pharmacy was out of it. This is why you should always have remedies on hand! Ugh. I will next time. I also rubbed some Arnica gel around his mouth and jaw to help with the bruising. So far, there is no apparent swelling or bruising! Yay!  His pain meds wore off though, and like I said, the Hypericum 30c didn't do the trick. I ended up giving him his Vicadin which I didn't want to do. It did help. Of course--it suppresses the symptoms. Hopefully I didn't just cause something worse. When symptoms are suppressed, the law of cure says that they are driven inward to a deeper form of disease. Again, being prepared is so important!

So, that's our weekend!  Not much fun for Nathaniel but we learned something from it all. And Caroline will probably be next.

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UPDATE:  The patient is doing really well! He ate some chicken noodle soup earlier and he's been conversing through his computer with his friends. He has soreness but the Arnica has kept the swelling and bruising away! This is why I love homeopathy... it works!!! :D

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2nd UPDATE:  The patient, while not having bruising, did have swollen chipmunk cheeks for the next 3 days and still has very slight swelling. There might be a problem with the one extraction where the oral surgeon said the tooth broke as he was taking it out. (!) So we are hoping there's no infection but I'm not sure. He's still on soft foods. He was not feeling well from the anesthesia on Saturday so I gave him a dose of Phosphorus 30c and he immediately wanted to sleep, was out for 3 hours, and woke feeling much better. That's how you know a remedy is working. Remember that if you ever know someone who has had surgery and is feeling sort of nauseous afterwards with weakness in their arms and legs. I really don't want to put him on antibiotics, so I had him take doses of Silica all day long to see if we could clear anything up that way. He did go to school today. One day at a time. I'm very tired.