Down for the count (part 2)

So, I believe we left off with me resting up for work. I go to work Monday night. While at work I take it real easy. By the time I get off Tuesday morning I am in some pain. I go home and rest up. I rest the majority of the day and go back to work on Tuesday night. The lady I "care for" was really up in arms on Tuesday night. We had to overcome some challenging behaviors but other than that I took it easy. Get off Wednesday morning - go home and rest. But I am in more pain than before. I chalk it up to being the DREADED 3rd DAY. I have always heard that after you have surgery or anything like that the 3rd day after is the worst. Don't know if it is true but I figured that what it was.

Although I tried all day, I couldn't really rest very well. So, on Wednesday night I went to work tired and hurting. Got off Thursday started getting worried because I was hurting pretty bad and the pain medicine was only working for a little bit. By about 4:00pm I had started crying. At 4:30 I am on the phone with the dentist office trying to get seen. Even though I had a follow - up appt on Monday, I knew that I wouldn't make it with only 4 pills left till Monday. Part of me wanted to say something was wrong. I kept looking at it in the mirror. I tried to take some pictures for you to see but none of them really came out - sorry. Dr. Bennion would not be in the office on Friday but he did talk to me on the phone. He did tell me that he did extensive work and that it could just be still sore. He asked about the clot and from all the examining I had done all day in the mirror I informed him it was still there. He wrote me another prescription for more pain meds and said he would see me on Monday. I agreed. I just kept telling myself that I was tired. I know my body and when it is tired it tends to really over exaggerate things. I rested up and then returned to work on Thursday night.

On Friday morning when I got off, Amber had a meeting in Artesia so she would pick up my prescription. But I went to my mom's so I could get Brennen that afternoon. I rested for a bit and then I did my cleaning. I took it SLOW and I rested in between. By that afternoon, I was tired and hurting. I spent some time with Brennen and then took him home at 7:00pm.

On the way home Gladys, Amber, and I discussed that we all were too tired to cook. I had been craving cheese enchiladas all week. They are soft and I could probably eat them - so we went to Martin's for dinner before heading home. Up to this point - all week I had been following the dentist's instructions to the T. No carbonation, No drinking from a straw, No mouthwash, Rinse w/ salt water, Soft foods only. So, before I ordered I thought about it - No spicy food. But then I thought well, it has been five days. So, I ordered the green cheese enchiladas. OH MY GOSH!!!!! I cannot even begin to tell you how good they were! They were divine. After dinner we went home and rested.

Then I noticed it - SORE THROAT!!!!! I figured it had something to do with my teeth. So, I spent the next 2 days - all weekend - resting and taking pain medication. My tooth hurt more every day and my throat felt like it was on fire after being sliced up with razor blades. Monday could not come soon enough.

By Monday morning I decided no matter what the dentist said, I was not going to work on Monday night. Even though by this point I had no voice, I called my boss to tell her that I was sick and not coming in. She told me that she had no one to cover me and that I needed to come in. I informed her that I had a doctor's appt at 2pm and would NOT be coming in. I left out the details that the doctor was actually a dentist. She told me that she couldn't hear me and to call her back after 2. The reason she couldn't hear me was because my throat was hurting so bad that I didn't have a voice - duh! I am sick!

Anyway, still convinced that my throat has something to do with my tooth I get to the dentist's office at 2pm. After examining me, Dr. Bennion has discovered that half of the CLOT is gone and my nerves and bone are exposed. That is why it is hurting so bad. My stitches had fallen out on their own on Friday (before the enchiladas). He said it was fine but his tone indicated that they should have been in a day or two longer. Anyway, he packed the whole with some gel stuff and within 5 minutes the pain was drastically better. He did find several ulcers around the site but that they were from the stitches and said overall it was healing very nicely. Never once did he say anything about my throat. So, I asked him - what is making my throat hurt so badly. He had no idea. He said it was unrelated. So, with my tooth filling a little better I set up my next appt for March.

I then proceeded to the next window and begged to see the doctor. Just by HOLY INTERVENTION - I am sure - they had a no show at 2:15pm. I saw the doctor. She said my throat looked BAD. I was tested for Strep - and it was negative which really surprised her. Anyway, she gave me antibiotics and sent me home. After calling my boss to reiterate that I was not coming in, she told me that my client has strep throat and had gone to the doctor that morning. GREAT. She basically suggested that since we both had strep I should go ahead and come to work. I told her NO.

I did return to work on Tuesday night. So, every day this week I just work and go home and rest. I am taking medicine every 4 hours. I have been doing this for about 2 weeks now and I am so tired of it. As I sit here and type at 4:04am on Friday morning, I am a little better than on Monday but not alot. I still don't have a voice and have trouble swallowing anything. My throat still feels like fiery razor blades and I am so very tired of this. I am ready to feel well. I cried earlier today - just out of frustration. I am kinda thinking that I am still this sick because I have been working. I have been resting too but it is not the same - especially working graveyards - your body stays in turmoil. As for my tooth: it is still sore but I am no longer taking anything for it. It is healing nicely but just tender.

So, this weekend I plan to rest. It will be boring for Brennen - but oh well. I gotta get better. If you all do something fun - think of me.