Waiting For The Call

I called in sick again after I found out they could get me in at the doctor's office this morning at 10:15am. After the preliminary exam, i.e. the poking and prodding portion of the program, she took a throat culture and it came back negative for strep. So, she decided to write me a prescription for cephalexin, which I have to take 4 times a day for the next 10 days, and sent me down the hall for a blood work up to test for mono. I should hear the results of that test later today (she said it's possible, but probable that I have a different virus with similar symptoms). She also wrote me a note for work saying I'm supposed to stay home until Thursday. If the cephalexin doesn't make the tonsils significantly better by then, she wants me to see an ENT specialist because there may be an abcess they'd need to drain. *flashback to when my sister had abcessed tonsils....guh....not pretty or fun for her.* So, I'm hoping, hoping, hoping that this stuff works. Also, my spleen hurts. More news later...