Paranoid?? I don't care!

So, after the dentist scheduled to pull Kason's tooth in 1 week, I started reading online about abscessed teeth. I typed in "complications of abscessed tooth" and here are some of the things that came up
"12 year old dies from abscessed tooth"
"A tooth abscess complications includes tooth loss, jaw bone damage, neighboring tooth damage or loss, sinus problems, brain abscess, heart damage, hospitalization, coma, and even death"
"Facial Disfigurement as it eats away the facial bones; teeth falling out as the tooth abscess destroys the jaw holding the tooth; the picture is pretty gruesome."

He had a huge lump under his neck and his jaw bone had a big bump on it. Needless to say, I started getting paranoid. I was thinking, "why are we keeping this tooth in for one more week?" I finally just called the dentist and told him the antibiotics aren't working and i was worried about further complications if his tooth didn't come out. He agreed and pulled it out that night. Since then, his cheek and jaw swelling have decreased and he seems a lot happier. Sometimes it pays off to be a paranoid mom!