<p>my daughter had a rough time… with just the two bottoms done this week! First, she got herself so worked up the night before about the needle (IV) that although she had her last food nine hours before surgery (they told her no less than six hours), as soon as she was sedated enough for her mind not to be in control of her stomach, she threw up… and quite a bit. The oral surgeon accused her of not being compliant with the fasting rule, although I know she was. Yes, thankfully she didn’t aspirate, but when she gets the uppers out, we may have to get two doses of valium so she can use one the night before, and one the morning of, and also have her not eat perhaps 12 hours prior to surgery. So she started her recovery with a nauseous stomach, so it was hard to get her to eat anything, yet on top of it, she was taking antibiotics and Tylenol #3 - not good meds to take when you’re eating almost nothing - they just added to the nausea. Just last night was the first time she was willing to eat anything that required chewing. She’s had horrible headaches (from lying around on the couch so much and I think from not enough food, and being slightly dehydrated), so last night I really forced her to eat something, and then spent about 45 minutes working out all the knots in her neck and shoulders, and she felt better. Thankfully she never bruised, but she’s quite swollen. I’m hopeful that now that we’re on day five, and there’s not any increased pain, she’s avoided the dry socket. But she’s still got one heck of a sore jaw - the oral surgeon said he had to take out a lot of bone with the wisdom teeth, so that explains the pain. She’s going to try to go to a graduation party today, so we’ll see how that works. So I think she’s reacting more along the lines of anothermom-w-q’s neighbor’s son…perhaps they had more bone taken out. Anothermom-w-q: if our kids finally meet in a couple of weeks, perhaps you should tell your daughter not to brag about how easy her recovery was : )</p>