Warning: the following blog is explicit...or at least gross...

It is times like these that I am truly thankful for email, text, blogging, etc, etc.
What times, you ask?
Times that my throat hurts so bad that I don't even want to move, much less open my mouth and talk and irritate my throat. The night before last my throat started getting sore...I thought it was allergies or a cold. No biggie, right?
Then yesterday the pain got worse and worse. I had fever, chills, body aches, and a really sore throat. I got my doctor to call in some meds.
Then, yesterday afternoon, Andrew came home from school saying HIS throat hurt.
Awesomeness. Or not.
So, this morning both of our necks looked like wrestler's necks (you know the short thick ones), except, we don't work out...they were just swollen with infection.
I made an apt. for him and took him to the doctor.
It was strep, which I was placing my bets on since my throat was hurting even worse by then.
I took my next dose of meds today, thinking after 24 hours of antibiotics I would feel a little better. Not so much. My throat is hurting even more. I don't remember having strep throat except when I was little...I forgot how painful it is. I told David, "My throat doesn't just hurt, it is oozing pain, it burns, It's sooo bad". He got his little LED light from his key chain and took a gander down my throat.
FYI: This is where it gets explicit, errr...gross.
D: UGHHHHHHHHH
K: What? What? It must be really red!
D: UGHHHHHHHH
K: Is it red?
D: There are big pockets of pus all over your throat! UGHHHHHHH
K: EWWW Gross, give me that light (I run over to mirror)
I look down my throat and sure enough, there are blisters, or whatever, of pus all over my throat. Strait. Up. Nasty. and Painful. don't forget Painful.
Next, of course, We call Andrew in so we can gross ourselves out some more. I can't see anything in his throat but David says he sees a couple of small spots of white.
So, I don't think his is as bad as mine, but I know he is hurting badly and I am soooo glad I took him do the doctor and got his antibiotics started today!
The Dr. says you are contagious for at least 24 hours after you start meds but really up to about 48 hours.
So, tomorrow we will probably both be here, lounging on the couch...taking meds, using cough drops, Popsicles, and whatever else we can get to numb our throats.
I am trying to build myself up to gargle with salt water, but I'm so scared it's going to burn.
Anyway, I was going to take a picture of my throat, but decided that was wayyyy too personal, so here is one from the web, which is kinda what mine looks like:

Yup, told ya it was nasty. And, my poor baby. Nothing is worse than being sick, except your baby being sick! So, hopefully next time I blog we will be pus pocket free...UGHHHHHHH!