OH THE SICKNESS OF IT ALL

Two weeks ago I started to feel a sickness coming on. I wasn't quite sure what it was, but was pretty sure that it was just a cold. My throat got a little scratchy but after two days, that's as bad as it got. Then I had a good 12 hours where I was feeling great. One hundred percent back to normal. I spent the day down at the mall with my husband and felt fine. However, by the end of the day the scratchy throat was back and I was starting to ache all over. I spent the rest of that weekend napping and feeling crappy all over.

After two weeks of only getting worse, my husband decided enough was enough and that I needed to be taken to the doctor to see what the heck was up. I agreed due to the fact that THE MONKEY woke up a bit congested this morning as well.

We arrived at the doctor's office this morning and I immediately put my face mask on, hoping not to spread my germs anywhere in the office. After a few minutes of waiting, they asked me back. My doctor came into the room and asked me a few question after which point told me it was okay to remove my mask. His questioning was somewhere along the lines of:

Dr: "how long have you been sick?"
Me: "two weeks, today"
Dr: "Have you gotten any better?"
Me: "I had a sore throat for 2 days then it seemed to get better for a few hours, then BAM, it was back, full force... now I'm just getting worse."
Dr: "Do you feel any sinus pressure or is it all in your lungs?"
Me: "I'm having some sinus congestion but nothing that blowing my nose doesn't take care of."
Dr: "Okay.. you can take your mask off.. this is a you thing. I have a feeling that the same thing is happening that happened last year, when you got a cold that turned itself into bronchitis. I'm sure it's the same thing. Started out as a cold two weeks ago and now it's a late form of bronchitis, possibly an early form of pneumonia. You're not contagious, the cold would have been gone by day 10, at the latest and that was 4 days ago."

Walking pneumonia, he called it. Lovely.

Thankfully he faxed over a RX for an antibiotic to kick this in the butt and get me better. However, he did warn me that it was completely safe to take while nursing but there's a possibility of it changing the taste of my milk and I would need to watch THE MONKEY for signs of rejection. If he does reject it.. to just pump and dump for the next 5-6 days and give him formula. Sounds good to me. I did take my first 2 pills, as instructed, and he hasn't refused it yet, but it's only been 6 hours, or so.

We'll see what the next few days holds.

Stephanie M.
jrsmama2009@gmail.com