Fillings, Extractions, Root Canals, & Dr Gerry

Yesterday, Saturday was my second day working when the clinics were open.  I sure enjoyed it more than last week.  I got to work in the dental clinic with the main Dentist.  His name is Dr. Gerry.  Almost every patient needed a filling, a tooth removed, or a root canal.  I really enjoyed being able to help with the procedures.  And of course the patients were very appreciative of the work we did.  

Because I've obviously never done dental work, Dr. Gerry had to tell me what to do, and which instruments he needed for different things.  I felt like I was in his way the whole time, and was nervous about doing the right thing...

At lunch, Gerry's wife came up to me and said that he was very impressed by me.  She said that he was hard to work with "He's particular" were her exact words, and it takes the right person to work with him.  I was glad that I was keeping up with his expectations.  I found out later from Chuck, the owner of MJ, that Dr. Gerry requested to work with me over his normal assistant, who just happened to be gone yesterday.  So I will now be in the Dental clinic each Saturday!  :)  Chuck gave me 2 scrub tops with the MJ emblem embroidered on them to wear for the summer, so I'm officially an MJ dental assistant! 

Today was my day off, didnt do much!  Slept in, went into town and got some groceries.  This next week is the start of high season, so we're supposed to be pretty busy!  Gonna get to bed early tonight to get ready for the week ahead!  Sure missing home and Clear Lake for the 4th of July!