ALL IN THE FAMILY

Today is Labor Day and among other things the annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. This is a well and good. I recently learned that two of my grandchildren have lost their first tooth and it seems I'm in the right company.
This has been a miserable weekend for me as it started off with a toothache and it probably will end with the same toothache. My Dentist is nowhere to be found. Gone for the weekend I'm guessing. I've left my message of urgency but no call back.
So in the meantime I'm dealing with the pain. Taking ibuprofen, washing my mouth out with salt water, mouthwash and using oragel which is nasty stuff, Works okay for a few minutes but the pain comes back 10 fold when it wears off.
My lovely wife put a plea out on the internet and one came back that sounded feasible. Use Oil Of Clove. So the search was on. One pharmacist knew exactly what I wanted it for but had none on hand. Another pharmacist looked at me like I just escaped from the nut house. She had no clue. Finally with some searching in the local CVS Drugstore we found it, under a different name (of course).
When I got home I immediately put it in the sore tooth and I have to tell you that stuff burns. Reminded me of when I was a kid and I would get cinnamon oil and dip it on toothpicks and suck on it. Well this stuff works pretty good, the pain is abated for a lengthy time and I actually got a good nights sleep having only had to get up once for more ibuprofen.
The only side effect from the use of Oil of Cloves I've discovered so far that all people who come in contact with smelling the cloves suddenly have a desire to eat a pumpkin pie.