Master Po
continue to grow old gracefully. He spot sour gummy cherries in local Mennonite
store, aka Zimmerman’s – 5lb bag for 5 dollar. Can’t pass up deal like
that. Candy similar to “sour patch kids”
only not quite as sour.
Mrs. Po
remind me that candy is colored red (cherry part) and green like leaf part on
tree. This good cause Master Po not see
color – candy look all brown to him, but he start downing bag when he get home
with stash – flavor more important than color for Master Po.
While
chewing pound 1 - He pop off gold crown in rear of mouth from gumminess of
cherries. Without missing a beat, he go to medicine cabinet and re-set crown in
with fix-o-dent, call dentist, make appointment for 4 days later and lie down on couch and commence attacking
cherries again – pound 2.
After going
thru half bag, he noticed hard item again in mouth. He check with tongue and feel loose crown
again in mouth. He take out crown, put
it in hand, and check in mirror. Hmm, one crown in hand, second crown fall off
too, but nowhere to be found. Mystery
for sure.
He finally
realize, better not to continue to attack bag of sour cherries for fear of
losing more teeth.
He again
call dentist, and family doctor, to schedule X-ray at Nason Hospital to make
sure crown not stuck in colon (anatomical name for 35 feet of belly tubes).
Dentist
scare Master Po too on visit to his office. He say, gold crown can pass thru system,
but sometime it get hung up in diverticulitis pouches. [These are pouches
present in human males who cannot resist eating 5lb bags of sour
cherries]. Dentist say, they could
“encapsulate” in tissue. Also crown could “perforate” lining of intestine. These words scare Master Po especially since
he fighting off infection for long time as it is.
So, he start
panning for gold each morning to check to see if he pass golden crown. Dentist fix one crown, but can’t fix crown
that disappeared. Decay too deep in jaw (from eating so many sour candies from Zimmerman's). So, after four days of
panning for gold, Master Po happy to know that dentist would not place found
nugget back in mouth anyway. This good
too, so Master Po would not walk around with “shit eating” grin. He go to get X-ray, but he not hear from
radiologist yet.
He also call
former student, honorable Doctor Jennifer States Keyser and get emergency
surgery to cut out old tooth, which cannot be repaired. He now take many more
antibiotics too, to keep infection away.
Update:
Master Po still not find missing gold grown – it good to know he no longer
stirring pot or panning for gold though. He just hope this adversity will PASS soon.
Mrs. Po go
to store again a few days later. She see
same bags of sour cherries – She not buy any though. Master Po wonder why not.
