Clown Nose
Last Thursday my nose hurt. I thought something minor was wrong with it, but I had no idea what. Friday it hurt worse and Saturday evening the tip of it swelled up like a clown nose...literally. It hurts worse then when I broke my nose in three places eight years ago...much worse. Last night I was laying on the couch with ice on it, tears streaming down my face. I don't cry about pain...but this was beyond pain. Today lymph nodes all over my neck are huge and they hurt too...especially every time I look down to nurse my baby. I went to a walk in clinic yesterday. She said it was a bug bite. I bought benadryl...it did nothing but make me feel worse. Today I felt so awful and my nose is so huge and red that it literally feels like it will explode. I called the doctor and went in, she sent me to an ear, nose, throat guy. Just got back from there. Apparently...it is NOT a bug bite. I have a really bad staph infection. He gave me three antibiotics. He said if I get too sick in the next two days from all the meds, to quit taking them and go straight to the hospital. Otherwise, I have until Wednesday at 1pm to feel 90% better or else I will be hospitalized. There are so many antibiotics that I can't nurse for two days. So on top of feeling like my nose is literally exploding and being lit on fire with a blow torch, and my entire body aching, I am going to have a poor little two month old whose belly has to suddenly adjust to formula. I don't have enough milk stored up for two whole days. So pump and dump...feed formula...take eight pills a day...put compresses on 6 times a day...antibiotic cream five times a day...and somehow function as a mother.
I would post pictures for you all to see my clown nose, but I am sick and tired of the stares I already received everywhere I went today. You'd think I was an absolute freak. Seriously.
Please pray for me.
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