Root Canal?!

Yesterday began and ended well, but the middle was not so fun...

I had two cavities on the right side of my mouth that I had to get filled, so I went to the dentist yesterday to make it happen. On one of my teeth (furthest one back on the top right side) the dentist was going to take out the prior fillings and put in a more durable "inlay", so that it wouldn't get as many cavities. As she was digging out the filling for a little less than 2 hours, she started to seem a little concerned. She needed an x-ray...I started praying that it wouldn't be as bad as she thought. But, it was. I needed a root canal because the decay went too far down. So, they gave me directions to the dentist that was actually able to do a root canal. After another 2 hours of holding my mouth open while my tooth was being drilled out and the nerves underneath killed, I was finally done at the dentist. It was a bit of an emotional day, but Beth and Tanner were so kind as to take me out for dinner! My mouth was pretty sore, but I thought I'd be up to it. Here's the delicious sandwich I attempted to eat. I had no idea it was going to be so huge!

And, tomorrow I get to watch my beautiful niece Ty all day so that Tanner and Beth can have a date on the slopes. I'm pretty excited!