First Day Back at Work/9 Cranks

Today was my first day back at the Pediatric Center. My office was nice enough to block some of the office visits in my schedule so I could get back in the swing of things. I'm now Post-Op Day #11 and overall am doing fine. Everyone was so sweet at work and thought that I looked pretty good compared to how I looked in some of the earlier posts. At this point, the swelling is mainly in my lower cheeks and upper lip. The unfortunate part of my job is that I talk to patients ALL DAY LONG! I tried to very masterfully slurp my spit while babies were crying, so as not to gross out the parents, and worked hard to not use words that had "ir" or "er" in the middle, because I can't get those sounds out intelligibly! By the end of the day, my jaw was definitely tired and I needed some Motrin.

I've now cranked 9 times and have expanded 2.25mm -- the gap is getting larger but isn't too bad so far. I have my 2nd oral surgery follow-up tomorrow, so we'll see how things are going!