This was the 4th day on the z-pak and it didn't seem to be making a real difference, but I wasn't feeling terrible. My ear was bothering me a little more when I woke up this morning though. I just shrugged it off. After church, Stacey and I met at school to work on new reading groups and get things ready for the week. As we were talking, apparently I was holding my right ear. She asked if it was hurting, and realized what I was doing. It was hurting quite a bit more. I decided to focus on the things that had to be done first.
Within the next hour I was in full blown ear pain. I finished up my work and headed home. By the time I got home, it was 4 p.m. and I felt terrible. I started looking up local urgent treatment centers and all of them closed at 4 on Sunday except the one on Dove Run. I didn't want to go there at all. I waited another hour and the symptoms only worsened. I had to go.
At the UTC the doctor said I had a temp of 103.6 and the worst inner and outer ear infections he has seen in an adult! He was also quite concerned about my wheezing, but I convinced him that my regular doctor would treat that later. He sent me on my way with a new antibiotic and ear drops with a promise that the fever and pain would be gone by Monday.
Monday...the first day back to school in fresh new 2011, and I would once again, be absent. When will things change?
