Clinic round 2

Wednesday morning I was woken up by sharp ear and throat pains. They were so bad that I decided then and there to go back to the clinic. I knew that they really didn't speak English but I figured that they had my records so I wouldn't have to start from square one. It was sorta nice. Scary because Christina wasn't there but sorta nice because the I had the same doctor again. When he checked my throat he used a metal Popsicle stick. Much like their American wooden counterparts but these were made of metal. As the doc placed the metal stick in my mouth I wondered exactly how many people had the exact same stick in their mouth.

Then the doc pulled out a note pad and wrote acute pharyngitis. I thought to myself that I knew this had to be something bad since it hurt so badly. He printed my prescription and I went back out to pay my tab. it came to the shockingly low price of 8,500 Won. that's about 7 bucks.

When I went to the pharmacy I was told that I had to take 4 MORE pills 3 times a day. That comes to a total of 20 pills in one day! I returned home and that's when I decided to go to work. I was sleepy, dizzy, really tired, and the meds were giving me a stomach ache. I told Erin to tell Ruby that I would eventually be in even though I was very tired. I walked into work about 5 seconds after Ruby had arrived with Juvie. Apparently Erin had already told her what was going on with me. As soon as I arrived Ruby said "oh, you are still sick, it's OK you can go home if you want".

I swear you could have heard a pin drop. Erin's eyes got huge, Ali's mouth flopped open like a bass, I just stared her in the face. That's when I said "No, I can take it". If I was a naive girl I would have happily turned around but I know better than that. Lucifer doesn't do something out of the goodness of her "heart". She would have made me pay for going home. She is evil and would have probably told me to work on the weekend to make up for it. So I sucked it up and dragged throughout the day. BTW- my first student didn't come to the school because he was "very very sick". Oh really? I wonder why.