On the third week of this semester, I got sick. For most people getting a throat infection like strep or similar isn't a big deal. It wasn't for me either. I drank my OJ, took my amoxicillin and tried to move on, but for some reason I couldn't.
It kind of felt like my entire throat was swelling and I could barely breathe because my throat was swelling and I could barely breathe. Somehow some type of gland was swollen according to my doctor.
And then, my entire body turned red with a rash. My ENTIRE body. After about three trips to urgent care and lots of different medicine's they finally gave me the right diagnosis. Mononucleosis.
I noticed the constant need for sleep but I had associated it with being a college student who doesn't take good enough care of herself because I am.
Disappointingly enough, a few other things were happening. There's this part of mono, where if you're not careful and you don't sleep enough your spleen and liver could swell up, and rupture. I so happened to have the beginning stages of that, and so here I am. On bedrest writing a new blog post every couple hours when I think of a new one. On top of that, they gave me steroids a while back when they thought I had something else that messed with my immune system, and I have also had a cold, and the flu since then on top of strep and mono.
I've been absent from classes for over a month. I am 7 weeks into the semester. I may have to drop out of this semester if I'm not better by the end of spring break, which started two days ago. All seems rough but have no fear. I can always just take the classes at a later time. I'm just more of upset I might not be able to get the money back from school, and housing.
Sorry for the sad post, but I figured if I'm writing about everything else I might as well write what else is happening to me.
On the bright side, I've been using the time I've been sick to sprout a new leaf and leave the past behind me. It's been fairly good for me so far. As a person, I've had a lot of time to grow and help decide what I want and need to be happy.
I wish you all good health and a semester filled with grades better than mine!
