Injuries

My little boy got hit in the face yesterday with our deck swing and I ended up at the Instacare with him. He got an upside-down Y shaped cut in between the lines of his philtrum (only DH girls appreciate that term). Another 1/8th of an inch farther down over the border of the lip and we would have been in plastic surgery last night. Luckily that wasn't the case. But, he did have to have 1 stitch to hold it all together and we are hoping it doesn't scar too badly. After the doctor did the stitch he finally thought about what's behind the lip and checked Brennan's teeth. I said "I'm a DH and after I got him cleaned up at home I checked inside his mouth- there are no problems there, but this cut was out of my realm so here we are." Doing stitches on a banana peel does not prepare you very well for stitches in skin :)

Taking it like a champ!

unemployed?

We had a staff meeting last Wednesday and Dr. says "We need to cut 8 hours of hygiene on Mondays."

Can't breathe.

I only work one day a week. It happens to be Mondays. Seems like I am the obvious choice. There are two other hygienists on Mondays. One is currently away on maternity leave and the other is a full-timer 5 days a week.

I don't want to lose my job. I love my office and my one day out is part of maintaining my bigger self. The money doesn't hurt either.

No one had any solutions at our staff meeting so we are having another meeting this Wednesday. What should I do? Should I be proactive and go talk to Doc before the meeting telling him that I'm desperate to stay?

S.O.S.!

for starters

I'm pretty excited. Just hearing back from everyone on Facebook has made my week. This response in particular, from Tristen brought a huge smile to my face and a pang of nostalgia to my heart. I miss you girl!

"Lets be honest, I am horrible at blogging but I will try to figure it out...I love to hear all of the funny stories about dental hygiene...It reminded me of one of the funniest moments in school.....Rolina you will remember this....We were eating lunch and talking about the calculus classifications and Cassandra was saying WELL what if a patient has ONE tooth? And it is covered by calculus would it then be a CLASS 4 case...ahahahahah and then we laughed our buts off...and then we wanted to ask Ellen or Cathline that question in class...ahahahahah crazy....but one of my dental stories is my worst patient is a hacker...he always says Hi Tristen...remember I have a sinus drainage since I had thyroid surgery....then once in awhile he coughs then snorts up snot and hacks then swollows...OH MY GOSH...I seriously get sick when I work on him..that is the most ANNOYING PET PIEVE is that noise....or when patients come in sick...(sorry to put that image in your mind)"

And a humorous anecdote from Rolina to get the ball rolling...

"today I had an 11 year old who told me and his father that he hasn't brushed he teeth for at least a month. His dad said 'ya, if I don't keep on him he doesn't do it' I told him I recommend he 'keep on him' and then I bopped him on the head. (actually the last part was only in my mind)."

Let me know if you have any questions about posting.

geriatric day

You know those days when you don't have a patient in your schedule under the age of 60? I had that day last week. You know the type of patients. When it comes time to schedule their recall appointment the conversation goes something like this:

Me: How about Tuesday?
Ida: Nope. Tuesdays I get my hair done.
Me: Would Wednesday work better?
Ida: Actually no, Wednesdays I play Bridge with my girlfriends.
Me: Maybe a Thursday?
Ida: Yes Thursdays are good. I don't have anything on Thursdays.

There are things about these kind of patients that I like, things that make me laugh and things that drive me crazy.

On this particular geriatric day the highlight of my afternoon was polishing that cheap bright pink lipstick off the facial surface of Ida's maxillary anteriors.

So satisfying.