Hi Phil,

Please know that I am praying for you, as I always do. I hope and 
pray that they can get the swelling and infection completely cleared 
up and that they find the cause of the pain.

Please keep us informed and I will tell Vernon about it so he can 
pray for you as well.

Love,
Pat Ferguson



At 06:59 PM 12/27/2006, you wrote:
>It felt as if a tooth last Sunday, Christmas Eve, was starting to bother me.
>Throughout the day it became worse.  I had a loose filling in one tooth and
>that seemed to be the problem area.  Living on pain medication, I made it
>till the day after Christmas and went to a specialist.  He fixed the tooth
>but wasn't certain if that was causing the pain.  It wasn't.  That tooth
>seems fine now but the left side of my face is swelled and I went in again
>today to see him.  We could not determine which tooth might be causing the
>problem, although we discussed several possibilities, and since this is a
>new dentist for us, I gave him a lot of historical information.  We both
>agreed that I should perhaps go on antibiotics to see if we could get the
>swelling down.  So I started antibiotics today.  The pain comes and goes and
>even if I eat very soft food, that seems to make it worse.  Anyhow, this
>dentist told me to call his cell phone tomorrow or Friday if I need him
>because he can increase the strength of the antibiotic if need be.  He
>suggested, and I thought of this last night, that I could also have a sinus
>infection.  I had this happen, not once, but twice before when a root canal
>went bad in the same tooth twice over a four year period.  I almost ended up
>in the hospital back then but in those days we had no insurance, so I
>wouldn't let them put me into the hospital.  I don't do well with pain,
>needless to say, so your prayers would be greatly appreciated.  This is one
>reason why you haven't heard much of me lately on the list.
>
>Phil.