Are you kidding me??

After four days of a terrible sore throat and a constant headache, I decided it was time to see a doctor. I called to make an appointment. The appointments lady so nicely informed me that my regular doctor would be "out of the office until February 5th." That is okay I explained, I will see ANYONE today. Well, there are only 2 openings left for the whole day, one at 11:00 and one at 3:00. Oh, 3:00 should work perfectly as Robb said he should be home from his meeting between 2-2:30. Robb called at 1:30 and said his meeting had went a little long and won't be home until 3:00! Oh no! So here is my decision: 1) keep that precious appointment and haul all 3 kids out at naptime in zero degree weather by myself or 2) cancel the appointment and go to acute care after 5:00. Well, number one didn't sound so bad compared to the dreaded acute care, but after 4 days of being sick I just didn't have the energy to do it! I don't know if your clinic has acute care but it is basically a free for all at the end of the day for those who were unable to get appointments during the day. I really despise going to acute care because 1) you have no idea how long you will have to sit in that waiting room before getting in and 2) there are no doctors at acute care, only physician assistants. (while I am sure PA's are very educated, I always find myself second guessing their diagnosis) Well, Robb and the kids decided to ride with me since we had a few other errands we wanted to run. We arrived at accute care at 5:30 and the waiting room was packed! Not a good sign! After an hour of the 2 boys tearing up the place, Robb decided to take them to get something to eat. My faithful 'mommy's girl', Brylie, waited with me. Finally at 7:00 I was called back to get my throat swabbed (not fun ever, but really not fun when your throat is screaming in pain!) "You may go back to the waiting room while we send this to lab," said the nurse. Ugh! I wait for another half an hour only to be called back to learn "It's viral, give it a few more days to run its course." ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? She went on to recommend throat lozenges, throat sprays, and a lot of fluids. Fluids? Oh, great idea.......IF I COULD SWALLOW!!! Oh well, at least no one I came in contact with was narly. :)