Tooth trouble

Last Friday, Jimmy developed an abscessed tooth, and normal procedures to fix it are complicated by fact that the Zometa infusions he's been getting can have the serious side effect of causing osteonecrosis of the jaw. After a week of antibiotics and conferring with local professionals and Dr. Lonial at Emory, we went to Atlanta yesterday to see about it.

When he'd finished examining Jimmy's tooth this morning, the endodontist decided that we need to wait a few more weeks to give the Zometa time to get out of Jimmy's system, meanwhile on antibiotics to keep the infection at bay, and then extract the tooth. Nothing's simple these days.

This particular dentist's practice is in Snellville, about twenty miles east of Atlanta. As usual, Jimmy did Priceline for hotels in the area, and got us accommodations in Stone Mountain Park, of all places. We thoroughly enjoyed it.

We had dinner last night at a wonderful little restaurant on the lake, looking up at the mountain, watching the sunset, with flocks of Canada geese honking in to roost.

It sure beat a root canal.