I have never had strep...until almost 2 weeks ago and at that point I felt like I would have rather died. I went to bed Sunday night with a pretty bad sore throat and woke up Monday to 12 inches of snow, school canceled, and a sore throat, fever, terrible headache, and complete body ache. Oh.my.goodness!
Needless to say Kayleigh and I stayed in bed all day because that was the only thing that worked for me that day. We watched about 10 episodes of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse which she thoroughly enjoyed. And I felt like the laziest, worst mother ever, but I seriously could not do anything. When she laid down to take her afternoon nap, I laid back down and took me an afternoon nap. Luckily, Kyle gets off work at 2 so when she woke up she was all his. I know that's not how he planned on spending his birthday, but the poor guy was great and never once complained.
We both ended up taking the next day off because by then his throat was hurting also. I called the doctor's office as soon as they opened and got an appt. Mind you, I'm typically a pretty healthy person that rarely gets sick and if I do, I NEVER go to the doctor. Not because I don't like going, but I just don't go. I'd rather just try to fight it off by gargling hot salt water or taking cold medicine for a couple nights. This was different and I knew something was not right. I truly had never felt that terrible overall. The doctor took one look at my throat and said he hoped, for my sake, it was strep and not a viral thing so that I could get the antibiotics. So I guess luckily it was because I woke up the next morning feeling normal again. My throat was still insanely swollen but I stayed home (again and much to my dismay). I HATE having a sub. I cleaned and got all sorts of things done. My mother-in-law, Shannon, had already taken the week off to watch Kayleigh because the babysitter was in Florida on vacation. She was able to take Kayleigh those 2 days and watch her even though I wasn't working. I knew how much it was kicking my bootie. All I knew was I did NOT want her to get it. I was so relieved when she didn't, but I honestly don't know how after that first day of literally laying right next to me in bed all day.
I spent the last two days of the week at work trying to do damage control and make up for my lost time. Not a fan of strep. Not a fan of missing work. Not a fan of sub plans. And definitely not a fan of subs. Hopefully I don't have to worry about that for a LONG time and this weather will start being nice more. I'm over the cold and the big shifts in temps. This weekend has been beautiful so far, so here's to hoping the snow and cold are done...at least until the fall (although I do wish forever).
