the day came and i wish it never would, it came way too fast! i got my wisdom teeth out. and yet i dont feel any dumber. anyways,
i am getting my wisdom teeth out with Jean Brown Research Study. they were doing the study on what medications help you the most with pain. so when i got my meds, i did not know what i was taking. i would also get money from doing the study. i was not worried about doing the study because Kyle did it about 6 months ago and he did fine with it. so i thought it would be nice to be able to get a little bit of money out of it!!
i left my house at 5 in the morning and mom drove me to salt lake. no makeup, hair up, pillow and blanket in hand. i was scared out of my mind! once we got there and i checked in, the nurses put me into a room with one bed, a tiny table, and a small tv. they took away my phone and my ipod because in this study, you are not allowed to know what time it is all day long. there was not a clock in my room either. i knew that this would be my new home for the day. Once my mom left and i was sent upstaris with the other 20 scared teenagers, and just my luck i was chosen to get my wisdom teeth out first.
Once i sat down on the dental chair, the doctors told me that i would only be getting my left side wisdom teeth out and not all 4 because it would be too much pain for me if i got all of them out. I was actually happy at the moment. but now i regret that because now i have to go through this all over again in 6 months. they gave me some laughing gas and a couple shots in the mouth to numb be up. yes i did not get put under. the whole they were pulling out my teeth, i heard every crack and felt every tug. it was actually kind of cool. then they stitched me up. it took them 10 minutes to get my teeth out and i got taken back to my new home for the day.
i had to drool into a bucket for 4 hours. they told me if i would try to spit, i could get dry socket and that would not be fun. so i did what they said and it was so nasty!! the bucket was so full of spit and blood, i started gaging after awhile because it looked so sick! i watched 2 movies, The RV and night at the museum 2, before i got my meds. my mouth was not numb anymore from the shots so i felt tons of pain! after both of those two movies were over i got my meds and i cannot even explain how much that helped me! they told me that after i get the medication i would not be able to go home for 6 more hours. i was pretty bumbed. they came in my room every 5 minutes for a whole hour and i had to fill out a pain paper. then it carried on to every 10 minutes. then every half hour. they turned on another 2 movies for me. i watched Mrs. Doubtfire and The wedding planner. and took 2 naps. this was the longest day of my entire life! they also fed me mashed potatoes and pudding. it took me a whole movie to finish it. it is so hard to eat!! it sucks!
I got home at 6 pm and i took more meds because my mouth was killing. and i put an ice pack on my face because my cheek is big. it was so worth the money! i got $250 bucks from doing this study!! and every penny was worth it! thanks to everyone who brought me ice cream and popsicles! it helped me lots! i cant eat anything and that made me feel great! i have amazing friends!! :) lets hope i will be able to eat normally very very soon!!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
[Vacation]
Best.Vacation.Ever!! you cannot go on a family trip any more exciting than a cruise to mexico!
Drive.
12 hours long. We drove from home to Long Beach Cali. It actually was not as bad of a ride as i thought it would be. thankgoodness! Can i say how amazing it is to be 16 and can drive. I drove half way there and home. The only reason why i wanted to drive is because you can go 85 mph. gotta love it!! ramdom fact- on our way there, i pulled 2 sets of stitches out of kyles back. so cool.
The boat.
Our cruise line was with Carnival. The ship was the size of 3 football fields and had 11 floors! it was unreal! There was mini golf up top, multiple pools and hot tubs, plays, you name it... its prob on the boat! My favorite part about the boat was the lay out chairs on top. i think i was on a chair 90% of the trip! i did get a sunburn so bad on the 2nd day that i was peeling the rest of the trip. great. but it was so worth it!
The boys.
haha yeah, don't ask. i think i saw like 2. it sucked!
food.
i could not ask for more amazing food! I had so much fruit this week!!! It was nice going into the nice restraunt and ordering whatever you want. And when you are done, you just leave and you dont need to worry about tipping or paying or anything! The room service was really sweet too! Trust me, i took advantage of that!! :)
stops.
in mexico we stopped in Cabo (spent 2 days there) and puerto vallarta (spent 1 day)
Cabo.
we did a really cool excursion! We went Kiaking on the Ocean for 1 mile, fighting huge waves! Then we stopped and snorkeled for an hour. the fish were so cool! Dad sneaked corn flakes in his pockets and started throwing the food under me and a huge swarm of fish attacked me! they were hitting into me and it was so cool to see all of the colors of fish! The worst part about it was the salt water... nasty! Then we kiaked for 2 more miles and snorkeled for another hour! and once again, the same things happened! We did catch a puffer fish, and 3 star fish!
Then we slept on the boat. The next day at Cabo we went shopping! I LOVE bardering with mexicans! I heard lots of words like, "Americans, come into my shop! You want it, i have it! Good deal for you lady! So cheap its almost free! This is the real stuff!"... i can go on all day long!!
Puerto Vallarta.
can i say HUMID!!!! Holy crap i could barley breathe! We did a canopy adventure!! we rode up to the top of a jungle mountian in the back of a dump truck with seats. We got there and our tour guides are mexicans (of course). They called me Barbie when they were putting the harness on me. I guess they don't see blodies very often... kinda strange. Once we had all of our gear, we were connected to a huge zipline! about 200 feet above the jungle (palm trees and more). I can't even explain how beautiful it was! we went on 12 ziplines all together! Then at the bottom, we were able to go upside down on the last zipline! so fun! Then we all got on our own donkey and rode it back up to the top of the mountian!!! The worst part about the zipline was the mexicans. yes they were funny but they creeped me out! they would not stop hitting on me and i was so freaked out!
When we were done, we went into town and shopped some more!!
going home.
I did not want to leave! That was the worst part of the trip! But it was time to leave. 7 day cruise was amazing and i would go back in a heart beat!! When we got off the boat, we were planning the next one... kinda!! :)
Drive.
12 hours long. We drove from home to Long Beach Cali. It actually was not as bad of a ride as i thought it would be. thankgoodness! Can i say how amazing it is to be 16 and can drive. I drove half way there and home. The only reason why i wanted to drive is because you can go 85 mph. gotta love it!! ramdom fact- on our way there, i pulled 2 sets of stitches out of kyles back. so cool.
The boat.
Our cruise line was with Carnival. The ship was the size of 3 football fields and had 11 floors! it was unreal! There was mini golf up top, multiple pools and hot tubs, plays, you name it... its prob on the boat! My favorite part about the boat was the lay out chairs on top. i think i was on a chair 90% of the trip! i did get a sunburn so bad on the 2nd day that i was peeling the rest of the trip. great. but it was so worth it!
The boys.
haha yeah, don't ask. i think i saw like 2. it sucked!
food.
i could not ask for more amazing food! I had so much fruit this week!!! It was nice going into the nice restraunt and ordering whatever you want. And when you are done, you just leave and you dont need to worry about tipping or paying or anything! The room service was really sweet too! Trust me, i took advantage of that!! :)
stops.
in mexico we stopped in Cabo (spent 2 days there) and puerto vallarta (spent 1 day)
Cabo.
we did a really cool excursion! We went Kiaking on the Ocean for 1 mile, fighting huge waves! Then we stopped and snorkeled for an hour. the fish were so cool! Dad sneaked corn flakes in his pockets and started throwing the food under me and a huge swarm of fish attacked me! they were hitting into me and it was so cool to see all of the colors of fish! The worst part about it was the salt water... nasty! Then we kiaked for 2 more miles and snorkeled for another hour! and once again, the same things happened! We did catch a puffer fish, and 3 star fish!
Then we slept on the boat. The next day at Cabo we went shopping! I LOVE bardering with mexicans! I heard lots of words like, "Americans, come into my shop! You want it, i have it! Good deal for you lady! So cheap its almost free! This is the real stuff!"... i can go on all day long!!
Puerto Vallarta.
can i say HUMID!!!! Holy crap i could barley breathe! We did a canopy adventure!! we rode up to the top of a jungle mountian in the back of a dump truck with seats. We got there and our tour guides are mexicans (of course). They called me Barbie when they were putting the harness on me. I guess they don't see blodies very often... kinda strange. Once we had all of our gear, we were connected to a huge zipline! about 200 feet above the jungle (palm trees and more). I can't even explain how beautiful it was! we went on 12 ziplines all together! Then at the bottom, we were able to go upside down on the last zipline! so fun! Then we all got on our own donkey and rode it back up to the top of the mountian!!! The worst part about the zipline was the mexicans. yes they were funny but they creeped me out! they would not stop hitting on me and i was so freaked out!
When we were done, we went into town and shopped some more!!
going home.
I did not want to leave! That was the worst part of the trip! But it was time to leave. 7 day cruise was amazing and i would go back in a heart beat!! When we got off the boat, we were planning the next one... kinda!! :)
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