Call The Doctor

I have been sick for over two weeks.  Ally and I text and/or talk daily and after the first 7 days of me complaining of a sore throat she said, "Go to the doctor!"

"I will just wait it out.  What is the doctor going to do?"  I said in a whisper because it hurt to talk.

A couple more day passed.  I texted Ally that my phlegm was now green and red.

"CALL THE DOCTOR!"   her text yelled at me.

Finally, on day 15, I called the doctor's office. 

"What are your symptoms?"  asked the receptionist in a robotic voice.

"Well, you tell me if I should waste my time and make an appointment.  I have had a sore throat and nausea for two weeks and it won't seem to go away."  I said.

"You need to come in.  Can you make it in 45 minutes?"

Miracle, right?  No one gets an appointment on the day they call.  Anyway, I took a quick shower and gargled with mouthwash.  I thought for sure I would be quarantined with cholera or strep throat.

But it was worse.  Much worse.

The nurse took my vitals and I was left in the office to wait for the doctor.  After reading a few old People magazines the nurse returned waving an empty specimen cup.

"The doctor wants you to take a pregnancy test because you said your last period was in July."

"I said January."

The good news is I had a slight fever and was prescribed antibiotics.

At least I'm not pregnant.

-Lela

Can I just add that she really DID text me about the color of her PHLEGM.  And for the record - I am not one to rush to the doctor about every little thing, in fact I usually avoid it at all costs, but sore throats shouldn't last more than a couple of days, and there's nothing I hate more than a sore throat. So on day 7, yeah, I started telling her to CALL THE DOCTOR. 

That all said, I'm thinking since she doesn't look 7 months pregnant, couldn't they have just inquired further into why she hadn't had a period since LAST JULY before handing her the pee cup??? LOL
***Ally

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