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!

Ain't She Sweet?

Today the store was closed, so I went up to my brother's for Easter dinner with the family. My niece Nicole was there with her new baby, Isabella Rose, who was born on March 21. I have a feeling she will be known as "Bella, " though. At least until she's a bit older and able to get in trouble from time to time, at which time she will be "Isabella Rose!" But right now she is tiny and newly minted. All sleepiness and innocence and curiosity about just who ARE all these new big people??? I got to hold her for a little bit. There is something about holding a tiny new baby that restores a person's faith in humanity. It was good timing because yesterday at work there were lots of cranky adult-sized babies who went around the store fighting over bags of candy and yelling at pretty much everyone they encountered because apparently it was our fault that they'd procrastinated on getting the Easter baskets together and we didn't have everything in stock for them. These are the same people who are apparently surprised every year when December 25th rolls around and we have Christmas again.

At any rate, getting to be with my family and getting to hold Baby Bella was the best thing the Easter Bunny could bring me.