About an hour later I started to feel really sore and hurt on the left side. And I started to feel a little bit achey.
I thought the likelihood that I had a case of mastitis was pretty strong, so I emailed our Dr asked if I should come in for an appt. She said yes, so I scheduled an appointment for noon that day.
We headed out to run some errands and as we drove around I started to feel worse and worse. It started to feel like the whole left side of my body was on fire, and when we stopped at the office I realized I was really achey when I was getting the kids out of the car.
I kept feeling worse and worse as I was watching the kids at work and trying to get stuff done. I left the boys there when I went off to the doctor. While walking out to the car I realized I was super naseous and I was REALLY sick.
Kathy was flying in to watch the boys for us because on Thursday and Friday we had training for the whole office staff in Phoenix. Anyway, I was supposed to leave to pick her up at 1PM. I called her on my way to the doctor and told her that there was no way I was going to make it. I felt so bad!
At the appointment I just kept feeling worse and worse, and it got to the point where the PA told me they didn't want me driving myself home. I had to call the office and since Kris was still seeing patients Bryce came and picked me up. I lay on the floor of the doctor's office with Lucy while I waited for Bryce to find the office--it was a while because he got totally lost.
I survived the drive home and collapsed into bed with Lucy. Kris brought the boys home at lunch and picked up my antibiotics. I've never been so happy to see a bottle of antibiotics in my life.
The babysitter came popping over at short notice to help with the boys, and Kathy arrived later in the afternoon so I was well taken care of.
The rest of that day I felt totally like a zombie, like I had a terrible case of the flu. By the next morning though I felt a ton better, and by the afternoon of that day I felt totally like myself again. I even made it to Phoenix for the work trip which involved getting up at 3:45AM to make the flight out there.
I think that was the sickest I've felt in at least 10 years. Maybe ever. I don't want to do that again anytime soon. And it was just so crazy that it came on so fast and so hard. And then went away so quickly. Bizarre. At the end of this week I felt like it had been a month since last Sunday. What a weird week.
(Baby and mom selfies from a couple of weeks ago but too cute not to post.)
2 comments:
I have only been sicker with food poisoning. And one terrible, terrible sinus infection. But nothing comes on as hard and fast as that infection you had. And I realized, as I thought about it, that women could have died of that - and it would have been horrible - in the past. That makes me so sad. Thankfully, you are fine, and she is fine. The remarkable thing is that the baby takes no harm from nursing it out of you.
The pictures are just delightful. And make me want to be there. I am so grateful that Kathy just happened to be coming at the time -
It is amazing how fast mastitis comes on!! I've had it before and oh my heavens! I know what you speak of! I've always wondered... what did poor mothers do before antibiotics!
Pretty much every baby I got mastitis until Kirsten I think when I learned I needed to make my babies nurse from all sorts of angels to clear all the ducts. Who knew!!
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