Out again
My symptoms amplified on Tuesday. By Tuesday night I felt the worst I had during the past week. I decided to go to my real doctor on Wednesday instead of the on site health care clinic. I made an appointment for 10:15.
The place I go to recently moved to a huge fancy building that is much larger than what they had before. Unfortunately the fancier accommodations didn’t mean more timely service. I arrived for my appointment 5 or 10 minutes early. The waiting room was not very full at all. I sat there until 10:45. I was rather annoyed, especially after seeing some guy that walked in the door after me get taken back ahead of me.
Once they took my vitals I was sitting in the room for at least another 15 minutes. Thank goodness the Iphone is a great time waster. I got a good session of Field Runners in. The woman that came in I dealt with before, she is nice. I explained my symptoms and how it had been going on for a week. They stuck a swab up my nose to test for the flu virus. That test came back negative which surprised me. She felt and listened to various things. She said she thinks I have some sort of bacterial infection. She gave me prescriptions of antibiotics, decongestant and cough medicine.
Ali picked up the prescriptions for me after work. So far so good. I was able to basically sleep through the night for the first time in 3 days and I am back at work today. I certainly am far from 100% but at least I don’t feel like an invalid.
I haven’t been to the gym in over a week which of course bothers me. However I have noticed that coughing 1000 times a day and being dehydrated really brings out your ab muscles.
Sadie made her first confirmed poop on Tuesday. Ali was very relieved. She is a little devil though. When I went to the doctor I left our bedroom door open. When I came home there was a chewed up pen on the bed, tissues pulled out of the trash can, a half chewed up plastic grocery bag and another pen that looked like it was in the beginning stages of being eaten. It was my fault for not closing the bedroom door and leaving the pantry doors partially open.
Later in the day I was making myself a piece of toast. I was in the office while it was heating up. I heard the sound of a plate moving. I come out to the kitchen and there is Sadie on her back legs with her front paws trying to pull the plate off the counter. I scolded her loudly. Hopefully she got the point. As a precaution Ali and I really need to make sure there is nothing on the edges of counters within paws reach.
Spook made my morning extra special. I went into the utility room and saw a beautiful little snail trail of brown leading up to two turds in the middle of the floor. If I were to guess I’d say they were stuck to her rear end and she drug it across the tile until she managed to grind them off. It was like finding a pot of gold at the end of a feces rainbow. I love cats.