My poor Brenden!

Last Friday, Brenden started complaining about having a toothache. Of course, I thought that he was just being dramatic and didn't really listen to him. Boy, was I wrong. The toothache just kept getting worse and on Saturday afternoon his face was totally swollen. We called the dentist and got him on an antibiotic, but I think that just made him sick to his stomach and he threw up a couple of times. He slept pretty well on Saturday night, but he just kept looking worse and worse all day on Sunday and he just felt like crap.

Last night we decided to take him to the emergency room. The doctor was really concerned about the infection getting into his eye. This could be really bad for him. They changed his antibiotic and sent us home last night, but told us to make sure that we came back if he looked worse in the morning. Well, this morning he looked terrible. The infection had really settled up in his right eye and it was really red and warm. So we headed back over to the emergency room. They decided to give him IV antibiotics today and once a day until Thursday. They put in his IV and taped it down so it will stay in until they are done with the IV Therapy.

Poor little guy. I feel so terrible. It is one of the moments where you wish you would have totally done things differently. If we would have gotten him in sooner, he wouldn't have to be going through all of this now. But, what can I do now? I guess next time he tells me that something hurts, I will definitely listen to him.

His tooth is absessed, but they cannot remove it or fix it until the infection is gone. We are hoping that this really strong antibiotic will take care of the infection and he will able to get rid of the tooth soon. He has been so brave through all of this. I am really proud of him.