loss of wisdom

the time is nigh: my 4 wisdom teeth come out tomorrow morning. (the only really impacted one is the left lower; and that's the one that's in contact with the mandibular nerve, so its removal will be the riskiest part of the procedure - i could conceivably have permanent loss of sensation.) my appointment is at 9:30. kara is off today & tomorrow, and she went to the store this morning to pick up cream of wheat and soups and apple sauce and yogurt and ice cream. tomorrow she'll come with me to the surgeon's office and drive me home, as likely i'll be a touch loopy afterwards. i think she's looking forward to caring for me, to ministering to my needs. of course the only thing i'm really worried about for tomorrow is the insertion of the iv line for the sedation. silly me and my needle phobia. but at my colonoscopy last summer, that bit, as well as the rest of the procedure, went smoothly, so i'm sure as can be that this will too. kara's working saturday and sunday, but i have 20 tablets of percocet, several movies tivo'd, and about 150 pages of bleak house to get me through the weekend. i reckon i'll be fine.