The past couple of weeks have been a little crazy. Hillary, Brooks, Mira and I went to Los Angeles to see Cousin Marian and do a little site seeing. Mira had a wonderful time that I won't describe here. Hillary has it all documented on Mira's blog complete with pictures.
The First Bump: To begin with, I developed a screaming sore throat on the Tuesday before we were to leave on Thursday. I decided to ignore it so it would go away, but it just kept getting worse. When I started drooling because I couldn't swallow and developed a fever of 102 on Wednesday evening I started to panic. I found an Urgent Care place in Liberty which did not take my insurance, but by then I didn't care. I just wanted antibiotics so I could leave on Thursday morning. The doc asked me to rate my pain. I just hate that pain scale, but everyone seems to have to put a number in a blank. I told him it was an 8 or 9. At that point I think he thought I was just whining. Then he looked at my throat and said, "Oh my gosh!." He gave me Augumentin and viscous xylocaine. I wanted Vicodin, but thought the xylocaine would handle it, so I didn't ask. Well, it didn't. I took 800 mg Ibuprofen and gargled constantly, but it just HURT. After 24 hours of antibiotics, I could finally swallow without tears in my eyes and no longer had a fever. The good part is that no one wanted to have a drink of my drink, or a bite of my bites!!
More bumps later, I need to board the flight to Rapid City.
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