Sunday, February 20, 2011

sickness

Seriously being sick is not fun at all! Not only am I incredibly far behind in school, I am so sick of watching TV and sleeping in. And pretty sure I thought I'd never hear myself say that. It all started last Monday during school when I thought I was just feeling exhausted from the long weekend of basketball and lack of sleep, so I decided to just miss practice and rest up. I had no idea what was actually wrong with me, my dad tried to make me go to school the next day but I insisted that I was not feeling well at all, I went to the doctor later that day and he said simply that I had strep throat.
But of course it had to get worse before it could any better, that night I fainted twice while getting up in the night and hit my head pretty hard. So school on Wednesday was a no go, and the exact thing happened thursday morning as well. For everyone that's never fainted before- it is one of the scariest feelings ever! You have no control over what your body is doing. Right before I would faint my ears would ring and I wouldn't be able to hear anything, and then my vision would completely leave. Luckily I have great parents who caught me the second time before I fell to the floor. So later on thursday i made a trip to the hospital, and after taking a blood test and being on an IV for three hours the doctor discovered that my white blood cell count was down to 2.5, a normally low count would be 5 and I had half that. So what that means is I had no immune system to fight off bacteria and viruses. My body had tons of different colds, coughs, flu's, and influenza's packed into it which further has lead to a week and a half long recovery. Which resulted in me missing the opportunity to help kick Raymond and Magrath's trash in basketball.
This week has been very boring, I am quarantined to my house and I am not aloud to go near others, not for their health but for mine, I can pick up anything that they may be carrying. This Tuesday I'll find out if I will be able to leave and finally step outside of my own house and interact with someone other than my parents.
On the plus side somebody did make my whole week last night by doing the simplest thing possible, but it's a secret:)