. . . . . . . . and advanced to Urgent Care and Hospitalization. On top of the swollen ankles and high blood pressure she developed an awful tooth ache(the nerve) on a tooth that had been a "touchy" tooth for a year already. Her dentist prescribed penicillin on Monday(Jan. 31). By Thursday she was in severe pain and her dentist referred her to an endodontist in Sioux City. He couldn't see her until Monday and all she could take for pain was Tylenol. Friday and Friday night were awful. She couldn't eat, sleep, talk...... Saturday I called her dentist again and we tried to contact 3 other endodonists in Sioux Falls and Sioux City- no one replied to our messages so we went to the Urgent Care clinic in Sioux Center. Dr. Rens admitted her and she spent Saturday and most of Sunday in the hospital. They tested for pre-eclampsia, that came back negative. They started her on hydrocodone and an IV and once her pain was under control and she was better hydrated her blood pressure came down.
Here she is . . .telling Brent all about it on SKYPE. We've been trying to keep him posted on how she's doing through facebook and SKYPE.
She was dismissed mid afternoon on Sunday. On Monday I took her to the endodontist. His name is Mike Wheatley- he's awesome! He numbed her up good and drilled out some stuff and put some long acting pain killer around the nerve. Then he put a temporary filling over it. The nerve should settle down over the next few days. It will still be tender, but manageable. She will have the root canal after she delivers. She's still on hydrocodone for the pain but we're hoping she can ease off of that soon. Here she is at 37+ weeks. She's doing a little better now, the blood pressure is down and the pain is ok as long as she is on the meds and "Baby VM" appears to be tolerating the hydrocodone. Poor kid- he'll probably come out an "addict" ! : )
Now we are trying to convince him that he needs to stay in there until Daddy comes home- Feb. 21.
Mom Hoog
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