More important things than teeth

I have a tooth that needs a root canal. When it really hurts the whole side of my face hurts. It started hurting last weekend so I was able to get an appointment for the dentist on Monday. Well, because the whole right side of my face is hurting, I can't tell him which one is causing all this pain, and as he says, "There are a number of candidates." So I'm supposed to wait until it gets bad enough that it's fairly obvious which tooth it is. I have an appointment with the endodontist this evening, and hopefully we'll figure out which tooth it is. But I'm just begging for them to actually do the root canal.

I was telling my kids how much my tooth hurt, and James says, "Just ignore it, mom. There are more important things than teeth."

Yeah, there are more important things, but OW!!