Cam&Clay
06-08-2010, 05:30 PM
thanks to the woman who brought her kid to school with strep.
I had a book fair in the library last week. A woman came in on Friday with her son. Not realizing that the boy was actually absent that day from school, I hugged him and talked to him about the books his mom was buying for him. While we were chatting, she mentioned that he was absent that day and he had, that day, been diagnosed with strep. I have no resistance to strep, even after 15 years of teaching.
I washed my hands and hoped for the best. The sore throat started Sunday afternoon. By bedtime, my fever was up to 104 and my head was killing me. Monday morning, I got up (not planning to go to work but to the military clinic) to wake DS1 for school. I passed out on his bedroom floor. He ran to get DH who was luckily here (usually he isn't here during the week). My fever was 105. DH insisted we skip the clinic and head straight for the ER.
I was so sick that I didn't care where he took me. They hooked me up to an IV and gave me glorious pain meds for the godawful headache I had and antibiotics for the strep. By mid-day, my fever was still 103 and I felt no better so they did a spinal tap. They were unsuccessful and sent me to have it done again in radiology. The tests were negative. It turns out that it was all just a severe case of strep.
Since I have no leave left since my mother died in November, I'd really like to charge that woman the $35 ER co-pay and the $600 in lost wages for the 2 days of work I've missed.
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UPDATE:
So, my original ER trip was on Monday. As of Friday afternoon, I still had a raging headache and suspected that I had a spinal tap headache, which happens when the holes which were punched in your spine don't close up. You continue to leak spinal fluid. Back to the ER we went late last night. Sure enough, they had to do a bloodpatch. They draw a huge tube of your blood and then insert another needle into your spine and inject the blood into your spine in hopes that the blood will clot and clog up the holes. They did the procedure and it worked. No more headache. But now my back hurts. AAAGGGGHHHHHH! We didn't get home until 2 AM.
So, now the woman with the kid with strep has caused me to have 3 days missed from work, 3 spinal procedures, 2 IVs, one course of antibiotics, and 3 different prescriptions for pain medication.
I wish I knew a way to let her know, but chances of seeing her at school before school ends are pretty slim.
I had a book fair in the library last week. A woman came in on Friday with her son. Not realizing that the boy was actually absent that day from school, I hugged him and talked to him about the books his mom was buying for him. While we were chatting, she mentioned that he was absent that day and he had, that day, been diagnosed with strep. I have no resistance to strep, even after 15 years of teaching.
I washed my hands and hoped for the best. The sore throat started Sunday afternoon. By bedtime, my fever was up to 104 and my head was killing me. Monday morning, I got up (not planning to go to work but to the military clinic) to wake DS1 for school. I passed out on his bedroom floor. He ran to get DH who was luckily here (usually he isn't here during the week). My fever was 105. DH insisted we skip the clinic and head straight for the ER.
I was so sick that I didn't care where he took me. They hooked me up to an IV and gave me glorious pain meds for the godawful headache I had and antibiotics for the strep. By mid-day, my fever was still 103 and I felt no better so they did a spinal tap. They were unsuccessful and sent me to have it done again in radiology. The tests were negative. It turns out that it was all just a severe case of strep.
Since I have no leave left since my mother died in November, I'd really like to charge that woman the $35 ER co-pay and the $600 in lost wages for the 2 days of work I've missed.
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UPDATE:
So, my original ER trip was on Monday. As of Friday afternoon, I still had a raging headache and suspected that I had a spinal tap headache, which happens when the holes which were punched in your spine don't close up. You continue to leak spinal fluid. Back to the ER we went late last night. Sure enough, they had to do a bloodpatch. They draw a huge tube of your blood and then insert another needle into your spine and inject the blood into your spine in hopes that the blood will clot and clog up the holes. They did the procedure and it worked. No more headache. But now my back hurts. AAAGGGGHHHHHH! We didn't get home until 2 AM.
So, now the woman with the kid with strep has caused me to have 3 days missed from work, 3 spinal procedures, 2 IVs, one course of antibiotics, and 3 different prescriptions for pain medication.
I wish I knew a way to let her know, but chances of seeing her at school before school ends are pretty slim.