Jevim

January 6, 1998

Poor Jevim, he has to go in for oral surgery in about an hour. He had a dental cleaning last week, and the dentist discovered that the enamel was wearing off one of his wisdom teeth, and decided it should be pulled. Jevim's never had anything more serious than a few stitches when he fell off his bike as a little boy, and he's been very stressed about this since the oral surgeon called yesterday to say he had a cancellation for today.

Now he's looking at going under anasthesia -- which he's never had, but has seen too many horror stories about on television -- and having the tooth cut out, because it's not in a position where it can simply be extracted. I've been trying to give him all the support I can, and help him keep from worrying too much, but it's hard to do much from a thousand miles away. He just hopped offline a little while ago to have some lunch, and play some with his GameBoy to keep his mind off things until it's time for his appointment, and I think I'm as stressed as he is.

I've been writing journal entries the past few days, but haven't gotten around to posting them, so I'm going to try to do that while I wait for Mom to get back from getting groceries; it's my job to put them away, for the most part. I would have gone to the store with her, but I wanted to catch Jevim online before his appointment, and my tummy has been giving me trouble this morning (again, happened yesterday too, I think it's nerves about Jevim's appointment), so I stayed home, and played some backgammon and watched a movie while I waited for him. My tummy seems to be settled, and I could really use a bath, but I figure as soon as I hop in the tub, Mom will come home with the groceries.

Yesterday afternoon, Jevim and I were chatting, and Connie joined us on IRC, but I had said something to encourage him about today, and apparently he'd just managed to get the appointment out of his mind, because he suddenly had to get out of his room, and hopped offline with barely a goodbye. I was hurt, but I knew he had good reason, and so I just tried to distract myself, and as soon as the evening phone rates went into effect at 5, I called him and we talked for a while -- until his sister insisted on taking back the phone; seems I'd interrupted another call, and I didn't think to ask Cindy if I had before asking for Jevim. I'm not used to this call-waiting thing. *sigh*

Anyway, Jevim and I talked for a while, and he sounded like he was feeling better when we gave the phone line up to Cindy. He hopped online some time later, and I found him on IRC. We chatted and played backgammon until I was too sleepy to stay up any longer, then he called me and we talked until he was sleepy.

Surprisingly, we both slept fairly well, dreading today and all... I had several dreams, and he was in each one. I got up at eight-something and hopped online, in case he had woken up early, but he didn't show up until about ten or so, my time.

I'll update this entry later, when Jevim's back from the oral surgeon. TTYL...

Jevim's been home almost an hour, but he just got online a bit ago because his sister had control of the phone.... He had a very good team of nurses and doctor, who knew he was very stressed, and took good care of him. They only used local anasthetic, (or so I believe), and only took the one tooth with the worn enamel. He said he was still feeling the novocaine, and they'd given him nuprin, so he wasn't feeling any pain yet. They also gave him a prescription in case tylenol or nuprin aren't enough later, so hopefully he'll get that if he needs it.

He couldn't stay online long, because one of Cindy's friends is expecting, and so she was waiting for a phonecall, but he promised he'd be back online later. I hope the phone call comes soon, or Jevim may have to wait for the phone for quite some time, knowing how these 'expecting' things tend to go. I'm just glad that my baby's back home, and in one piece.... well, okay, two pieces, but healthy and not too terribly rattled now that he's done with the dentist. I wish I were there so I could curl up and take a nap with him... I'm tired, now that the stress is gone. And yes, I was stressed... I got a "User is online" alert from ICQ, and I jumped out of my seat. *sigh*

I have more to ramble about, but I think I'll save that for another entry.... but you may not have to wait long, as I'm known to do multiple entries when the mood strikes. *wink* TTUL...

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