All night long . . .

Long weekend, just bought a car.
Put two and two together and what do you get?
A middle of the night trip to the emergency room, obviously!
The boy decided that this first long weekend together that we are mobile would be an excellent time to have dental issues.
We phoned Nurses On Call because we couldn't get hold of any dentists in the middle of the night and they conspired to freak out The Boy by advising that if the swelling in his face continued down his neck it could potentially block his airway and suffocate him.
Bearing in mind that we only called to see if they knew of any late night dentists it was surprising when they recommended a trip to the emergency room.
Piling in to the car (Missy K deciding to keep me company), we head down to the hospital in hopes of getting seen to quickly and not being looked at like morons for bringing a dental issue to a place where random people are coming in covered in blood and such.
Trying to explain to nurses that nurses sent us is a serious exercise in futility.
They're saying "personally I would have just taken some Panadol and gone to a dentist" and we're saying "personally we would have done that too but Nurses said we should come to the emergency room".
They say "take some Panadol and put some of this pink goo in your mouth and sit down - we'll see how you feel in 15 minutes or so".
The Boy says "Panadol puts me to sleep, can I not just go home?".
They say "go and sit down and see how you feel".
The Boy immediately feels sleepy after taking the recommended 3 pills, possibly partially due to the fact that it's the middle of the night.
We inform the nurse that he's going to be asleep quite soon and she says we should probably go home whilst The Boy is still awake enough to walk without us propping him up.
What an excellent idea that we had ages ago that you're only just now agreeing to, nurse!
We bundle The Boy back into the car and meander home to put him to bed.
Good thing it was a long weekend because I'm telling you now, urbabe does not like to lose sleep on a work day - apparently it makes her grumpy.
The only slightly amusing part of this entire ordeal is when I start giggling as I'm nodding off with a realisation.
It was two thirty.