| | Last night, before I went to bed, I had a flashback of a really embarrassing childhood memory of mine. I was thinking about my experience with having braces when I began thinking of the day that I got my bottom braces on. =.= (I tell you, it's REALLY embarrassing!!)
I couldn't remember whether I got my braces on in 4th or 5th grade (really, who thinks of this stuff at 3 AM? :P) and then, after thinking of this particular embarrassing moment, I knew it was 4th, not 5th grade. Haha. So, I'm sure you're all dying to know what happened, right? (stalling, can't you tell?)
The day that I was scheduled to get my bottom braces on, my mom was running late, and she came into my classroom and told me to "hurry up and get your stuff together". My appointment time was around 11 in the morning, so that I would have time to return to school after I got my braces on. I remember she was really worried that we were going to miss our appointment time, so she was half running and dragging me across the parking lot with me half running to keep up with her. I remember sitting on the car thinking that I really wanted to go home and go to the bathroom (it was about an hour until lunch), but since my mom was so rushed and frazzled about not making our appointment time, I decided to wait. How long would getting braces on take anyway?
We arrived at the orthodontist's office, and I waited for about ten minutes before they called me in. After I was called in, I was told to sit down. The whole time, I kept thinking about where the bathroom was so I could make a mad dash after I was officially "brace-faced". I saw the bathroom as they were calling me to sit down in a chair. Once in a chair and lying down, I kept thinking I was home free. The only thought running through my head was that this process would be quick and easy.... or so I thought. First they had to check which size brackets I would be using-that took FOREVER. They kept matching different sizes to my teeth and realizing that the brackets and bands didn't fit on my teeth. I'm sure I was left alone for a good 15 to 20 minutes while the attendants working with my teeth were scurrying around to find different sized parts for my teeth. When they returned, they then put one of those large mouth expanders to start gluing on the brackets and bands. By this time, my bladder and I were both dying. I really wanted to ask if I could use the bathroom, but they told me to stay put, so Miss Shy Amanda stayed put as instructed.
As they were putting my bands on, my only thought was on my expanding bladder and knowing that I would not make it. With precision, my orthodontist placed each bracket on each tooth, and had to wait for each one to dry. I finally peed in my pants as they were asking me which color of bands I wanted to use. Incredibly embarrassing? YES! Everyone was hovering around me, asking if I was alright... and I kept thinking of how embarrassed I was. At least I no longer had to use the bathroom and could concentrate on getting the rest of my braces on, right? After they had all the wires and brackets in, I walked out and overheard the attendant at the window telling my mom that I had had an accident in there. She told my mom "we've had kids have accidents before; she was probably too nervous and wet her pants" or something like that. All I kept thinking of was how angry I was at my mom because she made the whole situation seem so desperate (getting to my appointment on time). I ended up hiding underneath a table afterwards, wanting to hide from the world, and my mom found me. We didn't say anything once in the elevator down. Once in the car, however, my mom tried to comfort me by telling me that "it was an accident".
Even after the incident, I remember going home and changing clothes and having to return to school for the rest of the day. I don't know that the rest of the family ever knew about what happened. :X But now the whole world knows, and I don't even think my dad ever found out.....
Oh, and by the way, I was 10 when that happened. A little old to be having accidents, don't you think?
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| | Posted 6/10/2009 12:46 PM - 8 Views - 4 eProps - 2 comments
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