Ouch!

Okay, I had to take the day off work today so I could go to the urgent care. An unpleasant but otherwise apparently garden-variety boil went ballistic on me yesterday, turning into a lovely abdominal abscess. ICK!!! I've never had such a thing in my whole life! I wandered around work last night feverish and nauseated and since the damn thing hurt to walk, to sit, to stand, to cough, I was pretty pathetic. I'd decided to hit urgent care this morning no matter what.

Fortunately, my friend Meg offered to drive me to the urgent care and to the store to get my prescriptions and things like gauze pads and adhesive tape. They got me in quick at the urgent care, and bless that doctor there. He looked at me so serious when he said "I'm going to have to cut it." My reaction was THANK GOD!!! And you'll give me antibiotics, too, right? The worst part was when he had to press on my abdomen to get all the nastiness out. Double ICK. We're talking 8-10 4x4 gauze pads of toxic waste. They're going to culture it, but the doctor and me are both fairly sure it's some kind of staph. Nasty unpleasant staph at that. He packed the wound, which was an interesting feeling in and of itself. I got prescriptions for Bactrim and Vicodin, and I have to go back on Sunday to have the packing changed and for some follow up.

At any rate, I am and was soooo grossed out!!!! But I already feel better. Of course, I'm going to concede that it is probably the Vicodin talking. So I think I will go lie on the couch where I can't get into any trouble!