August 18 was the first day back at school. We had an institute day. I don't have very good phone service inside the building, so when I was heading to lunch with my department, I saw I had a voicemail from my orthodontist's office. THIS WAS THE CALL I HAD BEEN WAITING FOR! I was almost to the 10-week point on this day. I was so thrilled to hear from them.
I called the office back, and they told me my aligners were in, which meant I had the green light to set my surgery appointment and then make an appointment 5 days later with the orthodontist to get my aligners. They also told me that my treatment was changing slightly, and I was not going to have the bottom tooth pulled after all. Even though I was at a restaurant for lunch, I was too excited to wait to make these calls. I first called the oral surgeon, who had an opening for the next Friday, August 29. I had already determined that should the school year start without me starting my process, August 29 would be the best day for surgery because 1.) I wouldn't miss any instructional time, as it's an institute day and 2.) it's part of a long weekend with Labor Day the following Monday. I set my appointment for August 29 and then my orthodontist appointment for the next Wednesday, September 3 (after school!)
In order to get to August 29, I had to make it through the first 6 instructional days of school. I'm happy to report that they were great... and the day finally came!
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