The E.R.

So far, three out of the seven of us have gotten this horrible illness. It started with the baby and has since moved itself onto my 6 year old and myself. It all starts with some body aches and a fever (around 101 degrees). It has since moved on to a sore throat and a whole lot of dizzy spells.

It took the baby six days to finally break her fever and another 2 days to act like herself again. Six days of a diet full of Tylenol, Motrin, and a little breast milk for good measure. We did end up getting her an anti-biotic. Which seemed to help, if only it was because it was at the end of the duration of the virus. I do think that she had some secondary bacterial infection because her fever was hitting 104 degrees. My son and I have only had a low grade fever.

Yesterday I went to our local fast track emergency room (called Insta-Care). They did a strep test (negative) and they gave me penicillin, just in case the two day culture comes back positive. I also got a prescription of amoxicillin for my son.

Last night my son and I took our perspective medications ~ I am really starting to feel like a pharmacy or a drug lord. About an hour after I took mine I started to feel funny. A feeling that was sorta tingly and anxiety like through my body. I also started to notice that it was getting a little hard to catch my breath. Almost like when you go up into higher altitudes and the air feels thinner. Well, I got nervous enough to go to the ER. Can you believe it? They got me right in! I didn't have to wait three hours in the waiting room.

Well, it wasn't all in my head, which I was afraid that's what they were going to tell me. The two techs that came in, one to draw blood and one to do an EKG, were both brand new to working in the medical field. Now THERE is a way to instill confidence! The blood guy left me a huge bruise and had to redo the I.V. into a different spot.

Here is my very painful bruise (I know, fascinating stuff):
After that tramatic experience (says the woman with five kids), the nurse came and gave me a steriod and an anti-anxiety medication. I actually got to go about an hour after that. All in all, I was only there for about 2 1/2 hours.