Mastitis Day

My first bout of mastitis started yesterday morning.  I woke up feeling all out of sorts: my entire body was achy, certain places were tender and painful to the touch, and I had a fever of 99.2.  Later on in the day my fever would go up to 102.  Here's how the day went:

11:30 am - Woke up feeling crapy and called the doctor.  The nurse answered and said the doctor would call me back.  In the mean time, I fed Kira on the unaffected breast (which was engorged) and had some lunch.

1:00 pm - Doctor still hadn't called back, so Kira and I took a nap.  She was such a good girl for Mommy.  We slept soundly until 3:30!  That's a long nap for Kira who normally sleeps only 20-45 mins.

3:30 -  We woke up, and Kira was hungry.  I would have liked to have asked the doctor whether it would be okay to feed Kira on the affected breast.  But the doctor still hadn't called.  So, I fed Kira on the affected breast.  I had a temperature of 102 so I took 2 Tylenols (1300 mg total).

3:35 - The doctor called right after I finished feeding Kira.  She asked me about my symptoms again and concluded that indeed I had mastitis.  She said to alternate taking 500 mg Tylenol and 600 mg Motrin every three hours.  And, she called in a prescription of antibiotics for me at the pharmacy near my house.

3:40 - I called the pharmacy to let them know I'm expecting a prescription.  I had never actually ever needed a prescription since I moved to Ashland, so this would be the first time I would be in the system.  The pharmacist input my information and said once the the doctor called it would be an hour until my prescription was ready.

4:00 - My parents arrive at my house as they normally do on Mondays.  Upon hearing I was waiting for a prescription, my Dad immediately headed out to the pharmacy despite the lack of a confirmation that the meds were ready.

4:29 - My dad calls from the pharmacy to say they have nothing under my name.  Strange.

4:30 - I called my doctor's office just to hear the voicemail say they close at 4:30.

4:35 - I called my Dad to tell him to come home because it appears there is no prescription for me at the pharmacy

4:40 - I call my doctor's answering service to page the physician on call.

5:30 - The physician on call had not called, so I had him paged again.  The answering service says the doctor should be calling me back within 30 minutes.

6:00 - Physician on call still had not called me back so I paged him again.

6:30 - Paged him again

6:45 - Dr. Mason calls me and calls in a prescription for me.  She was very thorough.  She asked me for the phone number of the pharmacy to make sure they would get it!

7:30 - Trevor finally comes home with my prescription!!

That was a really crappy day.