So, I am currently more sick than I have ever been in my life. I'm not exaggerating. Tomorrow will start week three of being sick. Let's go on the journey of Kylie's illness. I started off just being really tired and having a headache, so I was like, oh, I'm just an idiot college student not getting enough sleep. So I started sleeping a lot, a.) to make up for the sleep that I hadn't previously been getting at night, and b.) just because I was really, really tired ALL the time. After a few days of that, it turned into what felt like a cold-- more headaches and fatigue, plus congestion and all of that. Now we get to week two, and now I'm just confused as to why this cold is lasting longer than it should, without even a hint of improving. I begin to get a sore throat and pain in my ears (not uncommon for me-- a lot of times, my colds turn into ear infections. It's just one of the perks of being Kylie Silvester) as well as But I was still inexplicably tired, which isn't uuusually the case with a cold. Within the past three or four or five days, my sore throat has turned into an occasional gnarly cough. And today and yesterday, my throat has hurt so bad that swallowing anything (even just swallowing for the sake of swallowing) makes me wince and wish I never had to swallow again. It feels like my throat is lined with sandpaper and little tiny forks. It's easily the most pain (aside from broken bones and teeth being pulled) I've ever been in. I finally made it into the doctor yesterday, who concluded that it was either strep throat or mono (I really didn't want to hear that it might be mono... I almost started crying on the spot.) Since a final prognosis for strep requires a throat culture and lab testing, he couldn't tell me which one it was at the time, so I'm still waiting on the lab test results. But they started me on antibiotics for strep anyways because there is nothing that can be done for mono except rest. My mom called my doctor today (because I was too crazy at the time to do it myself, and because she was worried-- what a good mom!) and then my doctor called me to check in (he's so nice!), and apparently the fact that I've gotten considerably worse since starting the antibiotics yesterday is not a very good sign and it's entirely likely that I have mono rather than strep. And, really, mono would make a ton of sense. For example: it's eleven PM right now, and I've been awake for about an hour and a half-- that's a record for me today. I've probably been awake for a grand total of about four nonconsecutive hours all day. I have literally been sleeping all day, and every time I'm awake I just feel like sleeping more. The doctor also said that since I have extreme difficulty swallowing (which includes liquids and food...) that it might be a good idea to be put on an IV so that I don't get dehydrated... It seemed extreme at the time, so I told him I didn't think I needed it, but now that I think about it, that's probably a good idea. All I've had to eat today is two mugs of hot chocolate to soothe my throat, and some pasta. Solid foods are impossible. Anyways... I will know if it's strep or not by tomorrow, and if it's not strep, then I will go in for more tests to determine if it's mono. Life is awesome. It would be considerably easier to be this sick if I had a mama bear to take care of me... but, of course, the worst, most miserable illness of my life, I get to deal with on my own. And for whatever reason, I can type my ideas out just fine, but in reality, when I talk and interact with people lately, I'm barely coherent and socially inept and basically just really crazy right now haha. Please bless that I magically get better soon, because I can't exactly afford to miss a ton of school due to mono... Maybe if I click my heels three times, I will go home and everything will get better?
