trigon on February 5, 2009 at 2:40 PM

Holy Christ. You are lucky to be alive!

100% red-blooded American Male.

I had my Appendix out, too. I didn’t get any sedatives.

Pfft. I’ll see that and raise you.

I had an enflamed, gangrenous appendix for an entire week and thought it was just bad menstral cramps. During that week, I went to rollerderby practice – twice. I didn’t go to a doctor until I spiked a fever. I got sedatives following the surgery, but I never get them for the monthlies.

Furture POTUS? Wait, Bill didn’t inhale!

rightwingmom on February 5, 2009 at 3:20 PM

No but Barry snorted!

Are you male or female? I have had wisdom teeth out, and my appendix out. Both procedures required anesthesia. I was never offered any sedatives at all. Virtually every woman I’ve ever met gets sedatives for any such procedure, regardless of whether anesthesia is used. I’m not passing judgment, just making an observation.

And I bet you wish that was a blue pill, not a green pill. God love the Matrix. :)

Outlander on February 5, 2009 at 9:32 AM

100% red-blooded American Male.

I had my Appendix out, too. I didn’t get any sedatives.

I woke up one morning with a hell of a pain in my side. I couldn’t bend over and I certainly couldn’t drive. Went to the doctor about 10 that morning. He looked me over and sent me home. Said to come back at 3. I knew from the pain that things were really, really wrong. By three my white count and temp were up so they sent me straight to the hospital. Answered about a million questions in the lobby. They sent me up to a room. Nothing happened. I sat there for a while. Finally, this really cute nurse comes in. Starts asking me the same questions they asked in the lobby. By now I was in so much pain I ran her right on out of there. I decided to make like a patient, put on the gown and got into bed. Still, nothing else happens.

After what seems like forever, this guy walks in and introduces himself. Says he’s my surgeon. Gives me the exam. Which was no fun at all. He tells me that they are going to take my Appendix out soon. I asked him, “How soon is soon?” He says 45 minutes if we can’t make it quicker.

Next thing I know they’re x-raying my chest and making me sign papers that I realize I’m having surgery and I might die. There are about three nurses running around and not doing much. The gurney shows up and I get on it. The nurses in the white uniforms wheel me down to the surgical theaters.

When you get there, the green nurses take over. I get this guy. He’s wheeling me down the hallway and I’m staring at the ceiling going by when he asks me my name. I tell him. Then, he asks me what I’m here for. WTF!? I tell him I’m there to have my Appendix out. He says, “Do you know why we ask you these questions?” I say, “Yeah, you want to make goddamned sure you’ve got the right body on this gurney.” He stops, looks down at me, and says, “You’re not pre-medicated, are you?” I say, “Nope.”

They get me onto the table in the OR and discover I haven’t been shaved, either. So, they start doing that. In the middle of this I get to meet my Anesthesiologist, who is a very beautiful woman. I’m thinking this can’t get any worse, so I try to make some conversation with her. I ask what she’s going to be giving me. She says some Sodium Pentothal, Curare and some gas. I ask, “What gas?” She suddenly looks kind of startled and says, “What operating room is this?”

I just say, “Could you please put me out, now?”

God help us when we fall into the hands of doctors.

It turned out my Appendix had died about 3 days before. It had gangrene when they got it out. I spent 5 1/2 days in the hospital while they got the infection under control. If it weren’t for modern antibiotics, I’d have died.

I really could’ve used one of those green pills that day.

Outlander on February 5, 2009 at 9:32 AM

I had one wisdom tooth taken out in high school, on in the Navy, and the other two after getting out of the Navy (loooong story). I was never given a sedative. The only time I was given a sedative was coming out of my emergency c-section, being told I almost bled to death and I had lost 3 hours of my life in surgery. They sedated me then!

I wish I could get a sedative when going to the dentist. It would make things a whole lot easier!

I bet you can fast forward this clip and the kid will be in political office, probably as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

I remember when I had my wisdom teeth out. The doctor gave me a little green pill and told me to take it just before I came in for the appointment. *** That little green pill kicked in just as she asked me if I’d seen my best friend that weekend. I looked at her and started laughing uncontrollably. ***
trigon on February 5, 2009 at 4:35 AM

Are you male or female? I have had wisdom teeth out, and my appendix out. Both procedures required anesthesia. I was never offered any sedatives at all. Virtually every woman I’ve ever met gets sedatives for any such procedure, regardless of whether anesthesia is used. I’m not passing judgment, just making an observation.

And I bet you wish that was a blue pill, not a green pill. God love the Matrix. :)

This Father is SICK SICK SICK!!

I have to weigh in with the minority opinion. I found this very distasteful and not at all funny.

califcon on February 4, 2009 at 5:45 PM

OK, truth be told: me, too. We’ll see how funny it is when the kid turns to illicit drugs to escape years of teasing.

That being said, however:

Countdown to the Primal Scream Dental Kid / “I Like Turtles” Boy Megamix begins in 3…2…

MIchael Phelps, the early years?! That’s just hilarious.

“Do you feel good?”…”does it feel good right now?”

Funny the same way “Hey…let’s get the dog stoned” is funny…

I’m sorry to be a killjoy, but I find it disturbing that this dad would say, “It feels good, right?” when the boy says he feels funny. And then he posts it on You Tube.

The dad is a jerk and I think the dentist overmedicated the kid. It’s not really funny, IMO.

Amy Proctor on February 4, 2009 at 8:04 PM

Killjoy. Your right. The dad shouldn’t try to put a positive spin on it for the kid. He should just be a dour prude. That would help the kid a lot. I had my wisdom teeth out when I was young and my mom said I was funny as hell. She still has pictures of me looking all doped up. I remembered none of it. This kid will be fine. And he’ll have a video to laugh at for the rest of his life. Thanks for the expert opinion of over medicating the kid. How should a kid act after having the proper dose?