Root Canal

My Thanksgiving break was going good until Sunday morning. I got home at about 2:00 and went right to sleep. At 4:30 I woke up in terrible pain. My tooth was killing me. I took a few Motrin and hoped that they would help but they didn't do anything. I couldn't sleep all night. My dentist wasn't open since it was a Sunday so I had to go to the hospital to get prescriptions for painkillers and penicillin. I spoke to my dentist on the phone and he told me to come in Monday. This was a problem since I had class early on Monday but I didn't have a choice. Yesterday when I finally went to the dentist I found out that I need a root canal. This really sucks because up until a couple of years ago I had never had a cavity and now I needed root canal for my first 2 cavities. The Vicodin that I'm taking is helping but its not helping enough. Right now my tooth is killing me.