Interesting Week!!

A whole lot has happened since I last posted on Monday. This is what I woke up to on Tuesday...

I knew that it was swelling through the night, I just didn't realize how badly. So Adam stayed home from work and called the dentist as soon as they opened at 8:00. They said for me to take 2 adult asprin that day and to make sure I kept a heating pad on my face, and to stay propped up. I went back to bed around 10:00. When I got up around 2:00 this is what my face looked like...
Since my eye was basically swollen shut the concern and fear was that the swelling would go on up into my brain. So the dentist sent me to my doc (Dr Collins) to get a shot of potent antibiotics and then to come into the dentist office for an emergency root canal. I have never heard of someone getting a root canal without pain meds, but I did. Because of the immense swelling the dentist (Dr Kernodle) didn't want to inject any more fluids up there. So he started the drilling, and I felt nothing. He went all the way up into the root (nerves) and no pain. Apparently when you have an abscessed tooth the tooth is dead anyway, so I guess between that and all the pressure from swelling I wasn't feeling any pain. Anyway, he drilled all the way up, and then filed it all out and NO DRAINAGE. He was disappointed to say the least. So he left the hole open in my tooth and hoped that it would start draining through the night. There were a couple of times that night that it would drain just a little bit of blood, but nothing major. But when I woke up yesterday morning (Wed) this is what I looked like...

Not 100% but better. So I went back in and apparently I had developed a huge knot of infection right at the gum. That made Dr. Kernodle very happy. He stuck a needle in it in 3 different places and apparently got ALOT of drainage out. He was pleased!! Then he packed the hole in my tooth with medicated stuff, and then since once again I had felt nothing he decided to just cut my gum open. So he got a blade and cut it open (I didn't feel it!!!). I have had this nasty disgusting taste in my mouth ever since. I guess stuff is draining, just slowly. YUCK!!! Anyway, this is what I looked like last night...

And this was this morning...

There is still some swelling under my eye, around my nose, and on my bottom jawline, but I have to say, I feel a world better. The gum on top of my tooth (where he sliced and diced) is still very sore, but even this pain is minimal compared to the pain I was in Monday and Tuesday. There were points in there I was scared I was going to die. And then there got to be times, that I was scared I wasn't. Sounds awful, but I couldn't take it anymore. The pain meds weren't helping, and I really felt awful.

Anyway, I am on the mend (thankfully)!!