Pen V

I'm on the mend. I've been out of commission since Sunday night. It started with a sore throat and aches and pains, courtesy of Shaun's flu that he so generously passed on to me, and quickly became unbearable strep throat once Monday morning rolled around. The pain worsened and I couldn't eat or drink anything. I couldn't swallow or talk. Even opening my mouth created saliva which I would then have to swallow so I was a mute for 3 days. My lips chapped and I was falling asleep playing on the floor with Shaun. I felt like the walking dead from the lack of food energy and dehydration. I tried to tough it out as long as I could but Tuesday night I woke up a couple of times to strange dreams where people were trying to pur water down my throat so when I finally got a hold of the doctor on Wendesday they arranged for me to come in at 7PM that night. Three whole days with 30oz of water (seriously, I kept track) 2 pee stops at the toilet, not a lick of food, and no words. I was a hurting unit.

And the doctor validated everything. He said my uvula was the most hemmoragic he's seen in a long time. Translation: that little hangy thing that divides my tonsils was so swollen it was touching the back of my tongue (can you say gag-a-rama?) and had turned purple. My tonsils had little white spots all over them too. Why oh why did I ever think I could beat this on my own?

So good ol' Doctor Mather prescribed Penicillin V along with a big glass of water that I was to set an alarm for and drink in the middle of the night. Apparently it's the drug of choice in these circumstances and I was close to dehydration so he wanted to make sure I had something to drink through the night. I tried my best to get the yummy banana medicine I had as a kid but he advised that the tablets are a better option for an adult. Darnit! I'd probably need half a dozen bottles of the drinky stuff to get these nasty sickies out of me! As it is, I have fourty pills. Well, as of 10:26 tonight I officially have 35 pills remaining. Thank goodness they work so quickly. I don't think I could have gone another hour without something to drink.