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March 20th, 2008 at 09:05 pm

Dh went in for a throat swab today. Miraculously it was "free."

Huh?

He was really fighting going, but I was just worried. It's been about a week, and something is unusual. Doesn't look like the mild virus the kids had.

Anyway, took a swab to rule out strep. We'll see tomorrow.

If it's not, then he will make a doctor's appointment. We are starting to think he has the dreaded mono.

My mom mentioned it, and we were just like, um, yeah, hadn't thought it but that is very much like what he has.

Likewise, on a whim I called preschool this morning to see if any of the kids had had strep.

Of course, no but she tells me pink eye is going around and she had told some mom a virus had been going around and to bring her kids in with their goopy eyes(because my kids had something like pink eye that wasn't pink eye). Well, guess what, it was pink eye! Ugh. I guess she felt bad. Color me guilty. Now everyone was exposed...

Well, we still have the eye drops we bought and never used. So looks like we may need them. Figures.

OF course, I brought up the mono thing and said but I had not heard of it going around at all.

Um, well, Ms. PReschool said she thinks SHE has it. Except she had thought the same thing (hadn't been going around) BUT she has been feeling down and out for months and has a doctor's appointment today actually.

When she said she was too tired to babysit, she really meant it. I didn't realize she was still dragging so much.

So it will be interesting to see her results. Surprised they had not tested her blood yet, but she said she had been resistant to the idea; thought it was absurd.

Which makes the whole mono thing look more possible all of a sudden.

Likewise I hear it is quite mild in children. MAybe it's just been going around. (Of course don't ask me how you can watch kids for 20 years and never get it - hehe).

Um, if it wasn't for the whole eye thing I'd wonder if they had it mildly (they had sore throats recently, but it came with this whole pink-eye-like thing).

It's probably just some virus. IT could be strep. But I am scared if it is mono.

Shouldn't be huge, but I had the worst case of mono when I was 17. I literally thought I was going to die. Dh looks rather confident, but my brain races to the worst scenario. IF he has it anything like me we'll need full-time daycare AND a nurse. We'll see...

He says, "oh, this is mild." I laughed. I Said, yeah your first week was like my first week. Then I was bed ridden for weeks/months.

I almost hope it's what it is in a sick way because at least I am immune. (Though very mild on poor dh please!!!!)

& like I want to get strep? Ugh.

Oh well, I hope it's not strep and it isn't anything. That would be even better.

We are all so sick of the doctors office though. Big Grin

I'll keep you updated...

7 Responses to “More Doctors”

  1. Caoineag Says:
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    Yuck, best of luck. My area has been trading a rather nasty flu that lasts about two weeks. Really not pleasant and the cough lasts for quite some time.

  2. DeniseNTexas Says:
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    We've had that flu around here, Caoineag, and DH and I are still recuperating.

    MM, I hope it isn't mono but do keep us posted.

  3. debtfreeme Says:
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    im here in the same area too and know 4 people with mono this year. have not heard of it for years and this year my nephew, brother in law and two un related friends (no couple) have it. what a strange year.

  4. boomeyers Says:
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    It has been a bad year for everything. Who would have thought you would be saying, I wish it WAS strep??! Maybe get DH on antibiotics anyway. Hope it all turns out!

  5. homebody Says:
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    My poor SIL had it at the wedding and didn't know it, found out in Iraq two weeks later when his throat was so swollen he had to be put on IV antibiotics and steroids. YD came down with it six weeks later and had it quite bad. Ended up in the ER a few times. She missed her fall semester of college and her college soccer season. I hope it's strep too!

  6. monkeymama Says:
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    Oh lordy debtfreeme. Well, good to know it is going around. I remember when I had it in college it had been going around a lot.

    Well he is getting tested for strep first. HE feels better so not sure if he will get checked out for mono. Though, we'll see... If he doesn't today doesn't mean he'll be cured. We'll see how he feels today - he's still asleep!

    But yeah, the flu knocked us off of our feet for weeks. & now this...

  7. monkeymama Says:
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    Homebody - oh sounds so familiar. I just remember lying on my parent's couch being drugged out on steroids and codeine for a good month. & my mom serving me applesauce and running me in for IVs every so often. Blech. That was after 2 weeks of having a 103-104 fever. Of course when I had mono I got sick during finals and recovered just in time for the second semester. By some miracle. We were convinced I'd have to drop a semester. Of course, don't think I took a full load that semester! Your poor daughter!!!

    PArt of the reason it took me 5 years to get through college really.

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