Hello Bryanna,

A week later now, and things are now nearly back to normal for my sis. The swelling has finally gone down and she again looks 'normal'. She spent three days going to the ER for continued IV of antibiotics, every 8 hours. And, a variety of pain medications were making her quite ill, so the experience was definitely not a pleasant one. She finally was prescribed some pain meds by a local dentist and those helped after she returned home for good.

She is scheduled to have the treatments on the tooth this Thursday. If I'm not mistaken it will be a root canal and crown, so save the tooth, which they're saying is certainly attainable. More expensive than pulling it entirely, but why not save it if you've got 50-60 years of chewing ahead of you? : )

Anyway, a good ending to a scary story. Just wanted to give you an update. Thanks again.

- kelly