Everyone has their problems when it comes to sharing..unless of course the sharing involves illness. Blech! How I hate it when people share their cruddy illness with me (or anyone else for that matter!)! I’m sitting here in our basement, lying on the loveseat with a HORRIBLE sore throat & a stiff neck due to the sore throat. My throat has been bothering me since around Tuesday. You see, I have vocal lessons every Tuesday evening, & I told my vocal coach that my voice is a little ‘iffy’ right now because I’ve had a cold off & on. Mrs. E even told me at the end of my lesson that my voice sounded a little tight. Through the whole lesson I was drinking my water bottle in between songs & exercises. Well, finally on Wednesday my throat started to get sore. I thought it was just a fluke thingy & that it wasn’t anything to be concerned about. After all, it was just a sore throat around bedtime & I figured my voice was just worn-out from busy week schedules. Thursdays we have one of our co-ops. Well, when I woke up Thursday morning my throat wasn’t any better – BUT it wasn’t any worse. I told my mom that my throat still hurt & it hasn’t gotten any better, however it wasn’t any worse. I took my temperature & didn’t have one., so we went to co-op. I did NOT want to go to co-op if we thought I had strep, because I am the second oldest there & there are TONS of little ones that I didn’t want to get sick; but since I didn’t have a fever we went to co-op. All day I was careful about who I was around & how long I was around them. I warned my friends Jenna, Alyssa, & Meredith that I had a sore throat and not to get too close.
You have to understand, my aunt & uncle came to our house this past weekend & they suspected that he had strep. However, he never ended up going to the doctor to get checked out. My aunt had it –I don’t know a month or two ago, & hadn’t finished all her antibiotics so he finished the last couple doses of that. One slight problem..the dosages for my aunt would be way lower for her then they would be for my uncle. When he felt better on Saturday, they came on Sunday (Gma & Gpa had been watching their kids – our cousins – for a few days & they stayed at the house. Also, everyone needed hair cuts so my aunt came to give us those too).
Ok, back to my sore throat………….. So I told my friends to be careful. Well, yesterday my throat hurt so bad & it hurt to move my neck. My mom wanted to check the back of my throat & apparently it looked pretty bad. When my mom then looked up strep & what the signs were I fit into those signs. JOY! – I thought. “Can’t wait!” (Ok – so COMPLETE sarcasm involved!) I was supposed to babysit today so my mom called Mrs. W about my throat & talked with her about it. She’s a nurse so she said I needed to get checked out right away. (Incase you haven’t guessed – I wasn’t able to go babysit): Sad day!) Mrs. W told my mom that CVS/pharmacy has a clinic & to go there because of how late in the day it was. Unfortunately there were 6 people waiting ahead of us & ONE doctor, so we made an appointment for today.
OKAY – the news you’ve been waiting for.. Yes, I have strep!!!!! UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH! It’s so irritating & I hate it! I can’t swallow & my neck hurts too. UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH! And I am SO hoping I feel a little better by the 14th since it’s my birthday! (Excitement!) Let’s just hope (:
At least in 24 hours I won’t be contagious any more & will be able to go to co-op on Tuesday!! YAY! But I think I’m going on vocal rest…………….again. Ugh how I hate that!
Well, no other exciting news (if you can consider this exciting..ha I think not!) I just want to get better!!
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