I'm glad to hear Mark is doing better, and hope you are feeling much better by tomorrow!
Ironically, our daughter will now be having surgery (oral) before our trip date as well! She has had 7 loose baby teeth for the past few months, and they are just not coming out. In the past 2 months, 2 baby teeth have actually broken with the adult tooth pushed through completely... a 3rd baby tooth refuses to budge while the adult tooth has grown in at the side... and a 4th adult tooth is coming through with no signs of that baby tooth coming out either.
To make matters worse, she completely refuses to brush her teeth (because these loose teeth hurt so much), refuses to let me brush them, plak is taking over everywhere, and her gums are developing gingervitis (SP).
So... an appointment with the oral surgeon on August 6th. I was told surgery within 2 weeks after our consultation appointment. Even if the surgery happens 3 weeks later, that leaves us 17 days for healing. The dentist told us that healing would take 7-10 days, so hopefully she/we will not run into any complications!!!!