Thursday, June 4, 2009

Oh, Golly

Warning: Do not read if you don't want to hear about me being sick!

Alright, so a couple weeks ago was pretty rough. I had gotten off from an on-call at the hospital on a Thursday and drove back to Harnett County. I stopped to get my nails done since I was headed to Ohio that night to be in the wedding of a good friend.

I was driving down a road I had driven tons of times and came to an intersection I have crossed just as many times. I was distracted somehow because I ran the stop sign and that's when I saw the truck. I tried my best to stop, but I didn't have time and I ran into the side of the other vehicle. My little Aveo stopped where it was, but I hit the side of the bed of the truck so the other vehicle went spinning. I sat there thinking, "Did that really just happen?" My car was still running, so I just turned off the ignition.

I sat there in disbelief for a bit and then got out and went to see if the other guy was alright. He asked me the same and then we started making phone calls. The fire department, paramedics, and police arrived. And, thankfully, my mom did too!

Thankfully, the other driver is fine.

By the time the police took the report, I talked to the paramedics, and got stuff out of my car that was going to be towed, I had gotten a really bad sunburn (as is evidenced by the Facebook pictures from the wedding!). And trust me, the wedding guests commented repeatedly that I had gotten too much sun.

My parents knew half the people who responded to the scene and go to church with quite a few of them. They asked my parents how I was that next Sunday. (Although, they may think my parents have the dumb daughter who ran into a vounteer firefighter's car!) While still at the scene, I noticed that I was feeling a little sore, so mom and I went to a local urgent care where they took x-rays. I was exhausted from the on-call and lack of sleep even prior to that, and I almost fell asleep right on the x-ray table! I had a neck spasm (where my neck was straight and I didn't have the natural curve, but the doctor said that would fix itself in time). I got some prescriptions and that night I was off to Ohio with a friend and fellow bridesmaid.

Were that the only thing, the weekend may have been different. However, I had woken up with a slight sore throat that morning. 'No big deal' I figured, but the sore throat began to get worse and worse. It got so bad that the night before the wedding some of us bridesmaids and the bride were gonna go to Starbucks and I decided to stay in the hotel room. If you know me at all, I'm not one to pass up Starbucks!

I had chills and felt horrible. My throat hurt so bad that I started taking the painkillers from the accident for my throat.

The next day a few of us went to get our hair done. Now, I had taken two of the percocets in the past 24 hours and they were knocking me out! I started dozing off in the salon chair and I also began to feel really sick and had to run to the bathroom in case I threw up right there. I'm almost positive the salon staff thought I was hung over. No- just totaled my car and was really sick. I did, however, throw up in the parking lot. I took more painkillers and they knocked me out so bad that I was sitting at a computer and kept dozing off while on Facebook. I laid down in the bed and was texting a friend and kept falling asleep and getting startled when my cell phone made a noise to alert me that a text came through. I was having trouble typing on my phone. Finally I went to sleep!

At the wedding reception I could barely eat the food and I began to feel worse and worse. On the ride home from Ohio to North Carolina I slept for all but an hour or less.

That night I decided that I really did need to go to the emergency room. I got really sick in the parking lot and was on my hands and knees trying to throw up, but I couldn't because I hadn't eaten anything that day for fear of getting sick. After waiting a bit I went back and found out I had a throat infection (the paper said it was acute tonsilitis) and they hooked me up to an IV and gave me steroids and antibiotics. I was hooked up to the IV for over an hour and finally went home with some more prescriptions. Eventually my throat got better.

After two days off of work I began to feel a lot better. My poor little Aveo (which I had named 'The Laura Ingalls') was totaled. The funny thing is, the engine would still run! I asked the man at the collision center if he could get my cd out of the cd player and the car cranked right up!

Since the car was new and still under warranty, I got a good amount for it from the insurance company and it won't take long to pay the rest off.

My health insurance? Well, that turned out to be horrible and I have a giant medical bill, but hey- it could be worse.

So, that's how I totaled my car and got a throat infection at about the same time.

Thankfully, I'm feeling better now!