Hi,
Thanks everyone for your responses. This is what played out. On June 26th, before I wrote, she started having swelling on her right cheek where some of the teeth were located. I called into the dentist who asked that she start on amoxycillin right away leading up to the extractions, which were scheduled for July 2nd. The day after I posted, on the 28th, she was noticeably weaker. I don't know if it was the antibiotics or the infection. In any case, at that point I was happy we had the extractions scheduled. She had 5 teeth removed the 2nd. The doctor found a lot of infection and large abcessed areas. She had a really tough time with her recovery and is still getting her strength back. Not a lot of mouth pain but just huge general weakness and fatigue,. sleeping much more than usual. We went for a follow-up today and so far he says she's healing well but there was a lot of packed food in her mouth which he was very unhappy about - saying she won't heal and will become infected unless her mouth gets better cleaned twice per day. This is going to be a challenge for her helpers. I am going to speak with each of them about it individually and hope they can cope with it. I don't know if this is something they will feel comfortable practically doing for her at this point (gently), as she is unable to do it on her own....