Health center

I decided that this situation was not good and dragged myself to the heath center instead of class this morning. It was a good thing I did. Turns out that I'm so dehydrated that they actually considered sticking an IV drip into me. I was there about 10-15 minutes before they opened. That got me a good spot in the queue. I was the only one in line who refused to stand once inside. I sat on the floor and slid myself along as the line moved. Within 30 minutes of their front doors opening, I was seeing a doctor. A nurse saw me within 10-15 minutes. I listed off my problems, she added a few more that I had forgotten, she told me I was a very sick little girl. *laugh* I could have told her that. They took my blood pressure three times when I told them I was a bit dizzy. They were going to do it another time, they decided they had already proved what they needed to and weren't going to make me do it standing up too. Just sitting up did what they wanted.

The doctor was so nice, she told me what was going on and just let me lie down for a bit. She wanted to give me some stronger medicine, but they didn't have it. So she gave me the next step down. If I have a problem, she gave me her phone number so she could call the prescription into a real pharmacy if I still had problems. I seem to be doing ok though, I think. She also gave me some medicine that makes me REALLY sleepy but makes me stop feeling sick all the time. I can't drive. Roomie is going to have orders to fetch food. Oh, and since I wasn't feeling great and couldn't go to the store and buy some Gatorade... she gave me two bottles free from what they have on hand.

I've been sleeping for the last 3.5 hours now. Besides feeling sleepy I'm feeling a lot better. I still think I'll have to skip ballroom dancing tonight. I do have a doctor's note though. If I'm not feeling much much better by tomorrow, I'm supposed to call and she'll have me come in and sit there with an IV. I really hope I don't need that.

See, proof that I wasn't just whining about being sick. Oh, and she said to give up on drinking water for a bit if it isn't staying inside my tummy.

Weee! My roommate is awake, on his way to the grocery store. He'll buy me food (chicken broth, more gatorade, ginger ale, and saltine crackers)!