Two weeks ago, Sam was in the hospital. He had been sick for several weeks with a very high fever. He had 2 ER visits, 2 doctor's visits, and many, many conversations on the phone with a nurse all with in a week. The beginning of the end was when he had an allergic reaction to penicillin and was taken to the ER in an ambulance. He was moved by ambulance to a children's hospital and placed in his own room under quarantine for the night. It took a pediatric infectious disease doctor a few hours of listening to talk and tell the story of all of his symptoms to diagnose his illness and get him onto the road to recovery. It is funny to think it a high tech world, the listening is what really cured Sam. He is home with us now a lot thinner, still a little sick, and still a stinker.
One week ago, I woke up with the worst flu symptoms I have ever experienced. My mom took me to the doctor and I was diagnosed with walking pneumonia (thank to Sam) and mono (thanks to someone licking something I touched at Disneyland). So far the year 2011 is not going as well as I would have liked ... but it could be worse.
