What a day....

This may go down as the worst Thursday ever.

Last night (Wednesday) I got home after a really awesome capital campaign meeting, grabbed an apple, took a bite and pretty much broke one of my molars.  So, between 1:00-3:00 AM I awoke with this shooting, horrible pain on the right side of my face.  It was emanating from the tooth that I cracked wide open.

So, I pretty much stayed up all night catching up on episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman trying not to think about how much pain I was in.

This morning I made it a whole hour at school.  I didn't say much about what had happened because my mouth hurt so bad I could hardly open it to say anything.  So I cancelled my ENTIRE schedule for the school day, made a dental appointment and left for the day. I spent a few hours at the dentist where he pulled the broken tooth and took care of the infection starting in the next one over.  I was pretty numb from the Novocaine and pretty out of it.  I got some antibiotics, some ibuprofen and went home.  Even though I was pain free for a few hours, I still couldn't get any rest.  So I finished out my Dr. Quinn marathon and waited for the Novocaine to wear off.

I decided to try and make this somewhat of a normal day and try and take tickets at the volleyball game this evening.  Oh boy.  The pain I felt this morning was nothing compared to what it became this evening.  It went from a 10 to a 100.  So I took another trip to Willmar and went to Urgent Care.  Half an hour later I ended up with 3 prescriptions (two for painkillers and one for a stronger antibiotic), a debt to a friend and relief from the excruciating pain that has ruled a good chunk of this day.

So, in 24 hours I have had around 2 hours of sleep.  I am currently on two painkillers and an antibiotic that is currently kicking my butt, but I am not in pain anymore.  I am finally tired and am hopeful that sleep will come easier this evening than it did last night.

I am hoping and praying that in these final hours of this Thursday that nothing else will happen.

God, You are in control.  And I am humbled and blessed in ways I can't even imagine even through pain that I can't handle.  God, You are good.  I am thankful.  And probably getting a little loopy.

Time to end this blog and get some sleep.