Lucky me! I have strep throat. Yup. I finally got so bad that I had to go to the urgent care clinic on post, for the second time! The first time I went, the clinic area was closed so we had to go to the emergency room to be seen. They didn’t do ANYTHING for me! I was so mad. 2 hours wasted. This time the clinic was open. I didn’t have to wait long because there was only one other person waiting. At that point I hadn’t been able to talk above a whisper for over 2 days. The guy that took my vitals was so nice. I felt bad for me. He did a strep test and apologized for it because it hurt me.

They gave me this stuff to gargle and swallow which helped my tonsils. It tasted HORRIBLE!! Oh my goodness. Hope I never have to do that again. Then they gave me a shot of penicillin. The gargle stuff was worse than the shot! Haha. I had to wait around for a while to make sure I didn’t have an allergic reaction to the shot. The Sarge went down to the pharmacy in the hospital to get a head start. It usually takes over an hour! He told me to wait for him in the clinic waiting room. I was there for about an hour and got tired of waiting in there. So I made my way down to the pharmacy. I found him and we were about 10 people away from being called. It went pretty quick after that. We got my medicine and then finally got out of there!

Last night I still had to sleep on the couch. I can’t lay down, even with pillows propping me up, because I cough so much. But sitting up on the couch I was able to sleep for 6 straight hours! Best sleep I’ve had all week!! I am feeling so much better today! I’m still coughing a bit and my nose is still stopped up. But so much better than the last few days! Thank God for penicillin! I’m praying I can breathe better by tomorrow. Since it will be my birthday!

Well, we’re off to get some food in our tummies! I hope you are all doing well!!!