How About Pancakes, He Said | by Linda Brendle
David had some dental surgery last week. After 8 months of wrestling with an infection, the endodontist finally performed what we hope is the last procedure, leaving David with several stitches in the roof of his mouth. He’s not one to complain a lot. He says it only hurts when he talks, eats or drinks. He’s been eating a lot of soup, pudding and ice cream and a lot of oatmeal for breakfast. Yesterday he tried dry cereal, but it hurt, so I offered alternatives this morning.
“Do you want to try dry cereal again, or do you want something else?”
“What’s something else?”
“I think I have enough oatmeal for today or I could make pancakes.”
“How about pancakes,” he said. (more…)
