Emma's emergency dentist visit

Emma has been complaining for a week about a tooth ache. She had been to the dentist twice already, and all they tell was that she was getting a molar in the very back. The second time I went I questioned several times because the pallet of her mouth was swollen. And she had woken up with an eye infection one morning too (which I know means there is some kind of infection). The dentist was pretty positive that it was just a molar, but my gut kept telling me something different. I didn't know what to do until 2 days later, Emma was complaining more than ever. I looked in her mouth again, and lo and behold, the swelling had turned white. I called the dentist, and he told me to call a pediatric dentist. When I called him, they told me to come in right away (it is a 30 minute drive, and I had to find a sitter for the other 3 kids too). I was so nervous, I prayed the whole way to town. When we got there, he took one look at her, and was shocked at how abscessed her tooth was. He gave me a few options, but pretty much said that if we didn't get it taken care of within the next day or two, she could be hospitalized with IVs and the whole thing (Very critical). I chose option one, which was take the tooth out now. Emma was SO scared! He gave her the highest dose of laughing gas he could, and got to work. Once she was numb and everything, it took less than a minute to get her tooth out, and she was pretty calm the whole time. I want to bring some laughing gas home.....hehe. It was pretty brutal. He was jerking every which way to get it out. When we were almost home, I asked Emma how she was feeling. This was her reply: " My tongue is thinking about going up in there (the ginormous hole)......it went up in there already once. It is really thinking about going in there..........I'm not thinking about it, but my tongue is." I just thought it was so cute, she was such a trooper the whole time, I am so pleased with her. And I am grateful for the dentist that caught the infection and fixed it. We are so blessed that we caught it before it was too late.