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Ugh....MOMMY!

I feel like garbage today.   I have that whole sinus thing going.    I could feel worse....I know it....I did feel worse which reminds me of a story......

It was my junior year and I was taking some extremely difficult classes.  Well if we had perfect attendance we could forego our exams -- which especially for  my Trig class was a sweet deal.    The night before THE DAY, I had cried because I couldn't focus on my homework.  I was struggling and I begged my mom to tell me what was wrong with me.    At one point I said MOM CAll ASK A NURSE...and she said um I AM A NURSE!!!     My head was spinning I had the head cold like thing going  -- but it was different.  I felt like I was dying.    I just quit the homework thing and went to bed.     The next morning I was in the shower and dropped the shampoo bottle on my foot and OUCH!  I went into school and my nose started bleeding....then I passed out in my 1st period class...I was leaving early that day to go to the dr referral for a knee surgery referral so I could play tennis in the spring....hopefully he could prescribe something.....

I got to the dr and they ran bloodwork on me...blah blah blah...I was so exhausted.  Mom took me home and said you need to rest on the couch.  I was just about to fade off into dreamworld when the phone rang.  My doctor was on the phone.  Not the nurse, not the secretary but THE ACUTAL man himself.  He asked to speak to mom....then next thing I know she is telling me to get in the car and we're rushed to the hospital.  I found out later he told my mother that if she couldn't have me there in 15 minutes he was sending the ambulance.  

Hindsight is 20/20....If I knew then what I knew now, I would have been very scared.  My foot was blue.  My arm still bleeding from the bloodsucking needle.  My nose was still bleeding.   I had a serious medical condition....they thought it was leukemia.   One unforgettable pelvic exam, bone marrow test, and lots of blood drawings later....it was determined I had some freaky blood disorder and it was clearing itself up.    I had Mono and tonsilitis to top it off.    OH YA and my boyfriend -- dumped me -- how rude. 

Needless to say, I had to take my exams.  I was out of school for over 3 months.....
So see?  I don't really feel THAT BAD....all I have to do is remember that story.


Remember:  It can always be worse......so make it better.