Personal Narrative: My Experience With Carbocaine Surgery

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While other teens are sleeping at 8 o’clock on a summer morning, I am walking to my godfather’s house to begin my day. When I arrive, he is waiting for me with the car door open. “Good morning hija, we are late doc they are waiting for us.”, he says.
We when arrived to the office: he would turn off the car, then I would get my purse and my lunch. “Are you ready, 3,2,1” the car doors would open. Following him all the way to his office, there was our coat, mask and glasses with the schedule of the entire day. Our first patient of today is a surgery, a full mouth reconstruction.
I take the blood pressure because if it's to high or too low we can’t do the surgery due there is going to be a lot of blood loss. “Prepare the tropical, four of lidocaine and two of carbocaine.” I handed him
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I get to relax it until 11:30, due to the next patient is a smile design adjustment. I prepare the room with a high and low speed, etching, bonding, B1 and the light. I doctor finishes the consult and head to his office. I knew he was going to prepare himself a coffee because he hadn’t had on the whole day.
I walk into his office and that one smell that I don’t like. Coffee. I hand him the x-rays and place my mask on my face to avoid the scent,
“Perfect, in how much time are the provisional going to be ready?” he said.
“They will be ready in two hours. I just got notified that our next patient is here, I am going to receive her.” I walk to get the routing slip and walk to the waiting lounge. I call her name and she greets me with a lot of love, but I don’t recognize her.
“Hi beautiful look how you have grown. Last time I saw you, you so small! How is your mom?”
“She is working right now showing houses.”
“I can’t believe you are still here. How long have you been working here now?”
“I have been working here for 6 years already. Please take a seat here. Can I offer you something to

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