Who knew time could pass so slow.
I sware today was one of the longest days of my life! I woke at 6am because my throat was swollen worse then usual and I was having trouble breathing. I took some pain medicine that the doctor had prescribed to me yesterday which is supposed to be very strong but this morning I didn't seem to notice it's affect because my throat continued to serch with pain every time I swallowed. My throat wouldnt allow me to fall back asleep so I tried to read to distract myself from the pain but I couldn't concentrate, I kept glancing at the clock, my next doctors appointment wasn't until 2. The day dragged slowly on until finally it was time to go. When we arrived, a few doctors examined my throat and immediatly concluded that my condition had gotten much worse over night and insisted that I go to the emergency room at childrens hospital because my throat was so swollen it was almost blocking my air way. Only one test result had come back from having my blood drawn yesterday, the test was negative for mono but that was just the 24 hour test, we should be getting the results for the next three mono tests on Monday. So my dad took me straight to the ER where we ended up waiting for 4 hours! 4 long hours of sitting in a waiting room surrounded by sick crying children and nothing to occupy myself. Time has never passed by as slow as it did today in that waiting room as I sat uncomfortable, my throat stinging with pain with every swallow and once again on an empty stomach. I felt so weak. When they finally called me back to see a doctor the doctors had me lay down in the back and like everyone else had, started to examine my throat.. only this time taking matters into their own hands (literally) the two guys started shoving their fingers down my throat to rub the swollen parts of my throat.. it took all my energy to fight back the urge to bite them. It hurt so bad having them touch the swolleness. They started suggesting taking more blood to do some more tests on but I refused to let them after fainting over it just yesterday. The doctors agreed to just wait and see the results from my last blood test rather than taking another one. I have never felt more thankful!!! They felt around my stomache and after yet another hour they concluded that I DID have mono and that my splean and liver were beginning to swell as well. I was so pissed when I discovered that I had spent that long miserable day in that waiting room only to find out that I had mono, which the other doctors should've been able to tell me. So now all I can do it continue to take pain killers and hope for the swelling to go down. The problem is every day seems to get worse so if it gets to the point were I am unable to swallow my own spit or breath then I have to go back to the ER once again... and believe me.. I would rather have my throat swell up and sufficate then to have to wait in that waiting room again. It's frustrating cuz there is nothing I can do at the moment but wait.. wait to see if it cuts off my airway or if the swelling starts to go down. So I geuss for the next couple of days, wish me luck while I wait this out. But over all I think I'll be ok, so there should be no worries. I'm a big girl... I can handle it.