He sits down, gripping the armrests like they\u2019re the only things keeping him alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The female dentist smiles politely and pulls out the numbing needle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instant meltdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo way! No needles! I hate needles! I\u2019ll pass out, I swear!\u201d
He\u2019s practically climbing out of the chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAlright,\u201d she says calmly, used to dramatic patients.
She sets the needle aside and begins preparing the nitrous oxide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the second she touches the mask, he panics again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo! No gas! I can\u2019t have anything on my face! The mask will suffocate me! I can\u2019t breathe just thinking about it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dentist stops, staring at him for a moment, trying to figure out how this grown man manages to survive daily life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOkay,\u201d she says slowly, \u201cdo you have any objection to taking a pill?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His whole body relaxes.
\u201cNo objection at all! I take pills just fine. Give me whatever you want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She nods, walks out of the room, and returns with a small tablet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She hands it to him.
\u201cHere you go. It\u2019s Viagra.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His eyes widen.
\u201cViagra? I didn\u2019t know Viagra worked as a painkiller!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t,\u201d she says, putting on her gloves. The man goes silent. He sits down, gripping the armrests like they\u2019re the only things keeping him alive. The female dentist smiles politely and pulls out the numbing needle. Instant meltdown…. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6944,"href":"https:\/\/newsreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6943\/revisions\/6944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cBut it\u2019ll give you something to hold on to<\/strong> while I give you the needle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the first time all day\u2026 he stops complaining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"