Being sick in the summer sucks!!!
Wednesday, I felt my throat starting to swell up. By wedensday evening I was miserable. Since we are in the process of switching family dr.'s. I went to the after hours care place on Thursday since I was felling like death warmed over. He looked at my throat for less than 2 seconds and said "here take this prescription". I asked him about strep throat, since it hit Julia's daycare not that long again. He replied "I could culture it, but it does not matter, this antibiotic will take care of it if it is strep.". I was a little leary, since I don't like to take antibiotics unless they are really needed. (otherwise you are just creating super-bugs). But I was feeling so bad I took them anyway.
On Friday, the Grampie and Grammie watched Julia so I could get some rest (I called in sick). I was still not feeling any better by this point. When I finally got her at 6pm she was hot! It sure felt like she was running a fever. Grammie and Grampie were a little worried about her. Came home and sure enough, 102.5 degree fever. Gave her some Mortin and she quickly perked back up.
Then comes this morning..... I am still not feeling ANY better, despite SEVEN doses of the antibiotic! So I was planning on going back to the after hours clinic. By 9am I still had not heard Julia, so I got worried, she is usually up by 6:30am! Jerrod and I walk in her room together and see her looking pretty pathetic lying in bed. I pick her up and realize she is burning up!! I take her temp and it is 103.6!!!!! Ack! So I call the pediatrician to make her an appointment. I figured I can go to the after hours clinic after Julia's appointment while she is napping. I call Grammie to update them on how Julia is doing (since she was worried last night). Julia then proceeds to start vomiting!!! Urgh! About the time I needed to be leaving to take Julia to the pedi appt, Jerry and Debbie pull in. Debbie knows that I am not felling any better, so she thought they would come over to help. So Debbie and I go to the pedi appt, while Jerrod and Jerry stay behind to clean up the messes from Julia.
The pedi was running behind, so we had to wait almost an hour to be seen. Julia vomited once or twice while we were waiting. Finally the pedi sees us. Julia will be just fine, she just have a virus that is going around. Give her Mortin as needed for relief, and hold all liquids/food for awhile until her tummy can settle back down.
But then she turns to me and say that I look and sound awlful! So I proceed to tell her about my appt at the after hours clinic on Thursday and how I was heading back there as soon as she was down with Julia. She was SHOCKED and FURIOUS that a dr. would prescribe an antibiotic without culturing for strep first! I told her the antibiotic is not even working because I still feel just as bad. She then asked to see my throat. As soon as she looked in, she said "oh my, that looks really bad, it sure looks like strep!" and then asked what antibiotic the other dr. prescribed. When I told her what it was, she said that is was not going to be strong enough to knock this out. She then wrote me an order to have my throat cultured for strep at the local lab. She also wrote me a presciption that I could fill once the test came back positive for strep throat! If the test was negitive, I was not to fill the prescribtion! I was OVERJOYED!! She is a pediatrician, yet, she was willing to look at me, even though I did not ask her to!
So I drop Julia and Debbie off at home and make sure they have everything they need (mainly getting a dose of Motrin into Julia), then I go off to the lab to have my throat culture done. The tech looks in my throat and says "oh my goodness, that looks awlful!". (Why is everyone saying that?!) They do a rapid test first and it comes back positive. So I fill my presciption. I have only had one dose so far, but I am already starting to feel slightly better.
Julia and I just spent the rest of the afternoon sitting in the rocking chair with her on my chest, covered in a quilt, napping off and on. (Jerry and Debbie left after I got home from having my prescription filled)
I am hoping we both feel a lot better tomorrow!! Oh, Debbie said she saw why I loved my pedi so much! She explains everything and is so understanding and nice. I'm sure it helped that the pedi said that Debbie did not look old enough to be a grandma!!!LOL
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That had nothing to do with it. she said that I must be the best grammie ever. I agreed with her!
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