June

So after our amazing vacation which I told you about in the zillion previous posts, I got sick. From the moment our plane landed in KC I felt sick. Horrible headache,exhausted, sick. Are you feeling sorry for me yet?? I waited it out, pretended it wasn't there. I said things like, "It's just being on vacation and off schedule." Or, "It's all the laundry and getting things put away." Right. So I waited and even though my mother-in-law suggested that I go to the doctor before the weekend, I was stubborn. "It will go away," or so I thought. So when I woke up Monday morning feeling like I'd been run over with a truck I finally decided to take a glance at the back of my throat. WHOA. I think I might have strep throat. Although I've never had it in my 9 years of teaching. So I packed up Madelyn and we headed to Wahlgreens Clinic because I didn't want to be "worked in" at my doctor's office. A half our later and I was set. Prescription ready, feeling better in a few days, right? Wrong. There was a small problem with the instructions. The doctor told me to take one capsule twice/day so why read the bottle. Four days later, when I'm not feeling any better I look at the bottle. It is half the dosage so it says take two capsules twice a day. Oh okay, now I'm mad.

A few days later I am feeling better. I can even eat. YEAH! When one morning I wake up itching. Ya know, itching like you could itch your face off. I lay my hand flat on my chest and hmmm, that doesn't feel right. I jump up, run to the bathroom, strip down and shock. I'm covered in hives. I've never had hives but I'm covered. From neck to knees covered. So I call the doctor and go in. Luckily they get me in right away. When my very handsome doctor pulls up the back of my shirt and says, "Lovely, I bet you don't feel well!" you know it's bad. Turns out I'm allergic to penicillin. Then I get the "this isn't going to go away in just a couple of days speech" and instructions for several over the counter medicines, a steriod prescription, and another strep throat prescription since I hadn't yet finished my other. So I head to the pharmacy which is getting richer by the minute because of me. Then I spent the next several days laying on the couch resisting the urge to itch myself to death. And several days after that still taking cold showers and not going outside in the heat so not to upset the hives (a.k.a. the demons inside me) Oh, and every time I stand up I started dry heaving. And I am trying to take care of a four year old. Luckily she was easily entertained by movies, books, and coloring pages!

After the Fourth of July I had a small relapse of hives but then I started feeling better. We've had a good couple of weeks and there are only a few weeks left until I go back to school!! And a little girl at our house goes to preschool!