It’s AMAZing

I didn’t know that one without tonsils could get strep throat. I guess my body is that AMAZing to beat the odds and get sick with Strep. Aren’t you glad I found such a fun picture of Streptococcus Bacteria cells?

During the Summer of 2006 – at age 30, I found an ENT who would take my tonsils out. Yay! It was a really, really hard recovery for 10 days. But since then I’ve been 1,000 times healthier. This is my first major sore throat. I knew it was different than just a sore throat from a cold. So I headed to the doctor. Strep was +. Man! Then I took Abe to the doctor since he had a sore throat. Strep was + (for the second time in a month). Hurray for antibiotics. Just don’t give me amoxicillin… my body doesn’t like it and I get the worst hives ever.

Anyhoo… so now we’re eating lots of Orange Creamsicles. They slip, slide, and freeze that sore throat. We just have to snuggle up by the heater so we don’t freeze.

Thanks goes to mother for saving us all yesterday and watching the tots so I could go to the doctor (and then wait for 2 hours for my prescription… seriously?! Don’t go to Walmart for your prescription… ever!). A big thanks goes to Hannah who put ZuZu down for a nap while I was waiting for my tylenol to kick in so I wouldn’t be achy. Thank you Truman for taking a long nap and then watching UP next to me in bed so I could rest. Thanks to Jimmy for making tomato-almond-pesto dinner with zucchini that was tasty and slipped right down. Thanks to advil and benadryl which helps me sleep better.

p.s. anyone know the secret to getting blood out of tennis shoes? Hannah just had to be picked up from school from a major bloody nose. aaak. we’ve got blood on jeans, sweatshirt, coat, shoelaces, tennis shoes… sigh. good thing my mom is the best in the world at getting out stains… i’ll call her right away.

p.p.s. i love my beautiful, ordinary life??