First Surgery

August 15th at 10:30 am...
I had my first surgery.

It was only oral surgery, but still, I was sedated using an IV and had all 4 wisdom teeth extracted. 
That was the scariest part about it though...the being put to sleep part.
It kept freaking me out wondering what was going to happen and what it would be like. Would I just fall asleep all of a sudden and start dreaming? Would it be just darkness and I could still hear what was going on and just not feel anything or move? 
They were right when they say you don't remember anything. 

The last thing I remember was the Surgeon trying to put the IV in my arm and I told him that they usually take blood samples from my hand cause I have better veins there. He moved it to my hand and he said "You'll feel a little pinch again." I closed my eyes and winced this time as he put it in and he then said "Ah. There it is." With my eyes still closed the nurse told me to open my mouth and she put in a rubber thing to keep my mouth open. I remember my throat feeling very dry and I wanted to swallow saliva but I couldn't because she put that thing in my mouth.  I was worried I would start to gag or choke as I suddenly felt my body tingling. 
The next thing I know, I'm in a sitting position and the nurse is helping me out of the chair while I'm sobbing with cotton in my mouth. I had no idea why I was crying. As they helped me to a recovery bed I heard another nurse call out that my mom was on the way to the back. I saw her when I laid down and sat beside me as a nurse was telling her that crying was a side effect of the sedation. Was my body crying because it knew that I had just went through a lot of pain? Weirdest feeling ever. I was like: "Is it really already over?" "An hour has passed? Where did the time go? I just closed my eyes. Why am I crying?"

It has been 3 days since the surgery and my jaw and cheeks are still a bit sore and tight.
The doctor had said that it was harder than he expected because my mouth is so small and my jaw is so tight. Did he have to break my jaw or something?!? I wonder if I was moaning and crying during the surgery. People are telling me they didn't have it this bad when they had their wisdom teeth removed. 

At least now I shouldn't be waking up with headaches and ear/jaw aches anymore because my wisdom teeth are gone and no longer causing infection. 
But now...I just want to eat normally again. ><;

-Laila