The tooth situation got really ugly

Friday was T.O.U.G.H.  Thomas's tooth was still bothering him a great deal, to the point that I ended up taking him to school Friday morning because he was having a little bit of a meltdown.  He had a birthday party to attend after school, and then that evening all you-know-what broke loose.  He mentioned that "something yellow" was in his mouth, and I recognized it as puss from an infection.  After his shower, his mouth had blood everywhere and the gum was very swollen and deep purple.  If he hadn't already been on antibiotics we'd have gone straight to an urgent care, but I decided it could wait until morning.  And it was amazing...by morning things looked better and Thomas had no pain.  He took not one bit of pain medication at all yesterday and is back to being his chipper self.  I am so very, very grateful that we did get into the dentist when we did, and I feel badly for not getting him there sooner.  On the upside, he is doing well, and hopefully all will go well next week for his procedure!