<p>Just a little addition to the “wisdom teeth extraction” post before, I had replied to post that my daughter just had all 4 impacted teeth removed yesterday and was resting comfortably with Sprite, Percocet, PCN and ice packs. Well, “resting comfortably” a few hours later turned into barfing and being oh so miserable which barfing is the worst thing you could do afterwards. The thing is, she had to have something on her stomach to start all the meds. Well the jello, or the mashed potatoes didn’t sit well after only a bite and she didn’t want anymore, so we were back to just sprite. You know pain meds and other meds don’t sit well on an empty stomach…so throwing up is what has happened. She threw up 2 times last night, and woke up throwing up this morning. Now she looks like someone has beat her head with baseball bats despite the constant application of ice packs q 20 minutes alternating sides.</p>
<p>Oh, I would rather this happen to me 20 times than her have to go through this once. I have stayed home with her the last 2 days as I want to care for her myself. Folks, I’m a registered nurse and being such does NOT immune one from feeling horrible when your child has to go through this.</p>
<p>I know there are wide variations on how people react to oral surgery. But if ya’ll need it done BEFORE going away to college, by all means, get it done as soon as you can so you can have your mama!! LOL!</p>
<p>sounds pretty awful for both you and your daughter. You mention that you are a nurse and thus I presume you checked for allergy to the pain medication? You can also get meds for the vomiting.</p>
<p>Oh, I forgot to mention, we have Phenergan suppositories, but he only ordered 2 of them. I gave her one last night and it did help. She’s not allergic to the pain med (no signs or symptoms like rash, itching, that kind of thing). I just presume she is like her mother…VERY sensitive to pain meds. They make ME puke as well, lol!</p>
<p>D was off the pain meds 24 hours after, because the worst had subsided. Even tho she is a big chicken, she was able to go without. It also knocked her out. Popsicles helped her - she could lick, get a little sugar into her, and it was cool. By all means, call the surgeon’s office. If she really needs the meds, perhaps they have something else that will work better for her. There are many out there. Good luck! There is no worse feeling than watching your child in pain and knowing you have little if any control.</p>
<p>I hope that she feels better soon! I am sorry to hear how ill she feels! My S will be going through this either this summer, or the following summer. The dentist told us that he needs to be seen this summer to evaluate his wisdom teeth (only a couple were starting to develop and barely seen on xray last visit). I had one taken out as an adult, and had no problems. I am glad it was removed before I read some of the less fortunate stories on cc!</p>
<p>DS sailed through 4 wisdom teeth extractions early last summer, so it does happen. But I feel for all of you with the lousy complications. And, yes, do it when your “I want my mommy” request can be fulfilled. ;)</p>
<p>Coincidentally, I just got my wisdom teeth out yesterday and I’ve been fine. I’m taking prednisolone for the swelling, amoxicillin, and vicodin (but only at night since it’s a drowsy medication). Other than that, soft foods and advil have been fine for me. I guess it does just show the range of reactions.</p>
<p>Both my S and D had their wisdom teeth out on the same day two summers ago. S (then 17) had little swelling and almost no need for pain medication. D (then 13) had a ton of swelling and need medication for days. It was horrible watching them go through it and I was so glad I didn’t have to have mine removed (and hopefully never will!) </p>
<p>I hope your D feels better soon. Seems like the two days after surgery are the worst and then it peaks and gets better from there on out (as long as she doesn’t get complications like dry socket, etc…). Best wishes, and at least this is a one time deal for her! :)</p>
<p>It always seems like the pain medication makes you sicker than the surgery. It happened to me, felt great once I stopped the pain med. When my daughter had her wisdom teeth out last year I told her that she should make do with Advil, only using the Percocet if absolutely necessary. It wasn’t necessary, thank heaven, and the Percocet went down the toilet.</p>
<p>My sister is unable to take any oral pain meds as they make her violently ill. She used a patch when she had knee surgery last year. The first patch made her a little sick but the second one was a miracle. Consider asking about a patch if you know oral meds are a problem.</p>
<p>Horray for mums who are nurses! My mum took time off work to look after me when i got mine out (she is a nurse too). Having mothers who are nurses is such a blessing! </p>
<p>I hope your daughter feels better soon. It seems she has pretty much experienced worst case senario. Poor girl. </p>
<p>Ive been getting mine done two at a time in the chair. I have to go back to get the other two done in a week. Not looking forward to it.</p>
<p>Yeh thats why i said “pretty much worst case senario”. Its so sad to hear about those sorts of stories. When i told friends about getting wisdom teeth out in the dentist chair 50% would say “oh people die from that”. Talk about ways to freak a girl out! I left my wisdom teeth in for 2 years impacted as i was so scared. </p>
<p>Next time i cross a road or get in a car i should pull out some random statistic for my friends and say “oh 1 in 280 000 people get hit by a car when they cross the road”.</p>
<p>Good luck to those who are needing to get teeth out. Try not to freak out too much.</p>
<p>Going under anesthesia always has risks and thats what scared me most. My D just got hers out 3 days before Christmas. There were 2 other kids from her college home for the holidays getting their teeth done the same day! The vicodin made her vomit but she continued taking it for 3 days. The forth day she was down to just Advil and on day 5 she got in her car and I’ve barely seen her since. No swelling, but she can’t fully open her mouth yet. I’m glad it’s over and with no complications!</p>
<p>Oh, Salem, I hope she is feeling better! That is exactly what happened to me when I got mine out like a century ago. The percocet threw me into a fit of unremitting vomitting that was so bad my mom took me to the emergency room. The doctor was very annoyed, gave me a suppository and asked what my level of pain was. I told him it didn’t really hurt that badly and he asked me “Then why are you taking them?” like I was just taking them for the lovely experience of puking my guts out. Discontinued those, went to OTC meds and was fine. </p>
<p>Because of this memorable experience I had S’s Oral Surgeon call in an anti-nausea drug with the ibuprofen, vicoden and amoxicillin scripts. Since our son had his out at 4:20 pm and we left the office at 6:30 pm I could just envision him becoming similarly “memorably ill” in the middle of the night. We are in the middle of nowhere in Alaska and I did not want to be driving to the hospital at 2am looking for an open pharmacy. </p>
<p>Anyway, I really hope that she recovers enough to enjoy her break! I’m glad you posted~keep us updated!</p>
<p>Do you mind me asking what all the meds are for?</p>
<p>Where i am we tend to only use ibuprofen and panadol/codeine. Plus antibiotics if it looks like we will really need them (some dentist get paitents to take them to be safe). </p>
<p>It sounds like you guys get all these bonus painkillers! (dont like the sounds of the side effects though eek).</p>
<p>Oh everyone, thank you so much for the support and kind words! After I posted yesterday, I called the oral surgeon and asked him to prescribe a few more Phenergan suppositories, just in case. But thank goodness, she has not needed it anymore. No more vomiting since yesterday a.m. and has eaten mashed potatoes, chicken broth, jello, ice cream and 3 scrambled eggs!! Says she wants Pizza but of course she can’t have that. However, she still does not feel well and has only gotten off the couch to go to the bathroom. Her jaws are still VERY swollen despite ice packs. </p>
<p>You know, it does help to be a nurse as you know signs and symptoms of bad complications on things. BUT…believe it or not, being a nurse makes you worry OH SO MUCH MORE when it’s your child or any loved one having medical procedures done. I know more of what goes on, what kind of bad things can happen, and it makes it oh so much worse. Ignorance can be bliss sometimes I guess. The link a poster provided is the VERY worse case scenario and is one of the things I worried about too.</p>
<p>Parents, when your child is your bright shining star in your life (like all our children are) then you worry about it all, don’t you? What a precious gift in our lives.</p>
<p>But my post was not to scare the dickens our of future wisdom teeth losers, and I hope I didn’t. It’s like everything else surgical…it comes with side effects. But for the most part…its a needed thing and most do well. Better now than infected, impacted teeth later. :)</p>
<p>D also had violent vomiting in reaction to the pain meds…vicodin in her case.Stoppped taking them and switched to OTC Advils.Another fan of the popsicles idea…easy to stick out the tongue and lick(easier to get to than jello) and theres so many choices for a favorite flavor.</p>
The link a poster provided is the VERY worse case scenario and is one of the things I worried about too.</p>