Not for the Weak

Here’s a word not to google: mucus.

I know, most thinking people wouldn’t. But here I am, I have no idea how many weeks now since I first got sick – I mean I think I’ve been sick since Fresco was born so that’s 10 weeks good god and yes there were a couple of weeks in there where I wasn’t sick I’m being a drama queen – and three days after we decided I definitely have a sinus infection and now my snot is bright orange. Bright orange, like a creamsicle. And my cheek hurts again.

I went to the walk-in clinic on Saturday morning and boy wasn’t that a treat on a long weekend with only one doctor on duty and she said I looked fine but gave me a prescription for antibiotics in case it got worse. So now I’m wondering – is it worse? I still feel like crap. I am still blowing my nose all day. The headache comes and goes but is manageable as long as I keep taking ibuprofen. I have not had a recurrence of the sudden, crippling headache that struck me down at approximately 5 pm on Friday and left me writhing until shortly after midnight (combined with the blood simultaneously oozing from my right nostril, this was my impetus to go to Walk-in Clinic Hell and no I did not have my beer on Friday night even though SA brought me some dammit.) Now the snot is bright orange; does that mean I’m getting better or am 15 minutes away from meningitis? Should I fill the prescription because tomorrow is a holiday. Should I wait because if I fill it I’m sure to get better. Should I blow up balloons for Trombone’s birthday party tomorrow (oh yes, or he will kill me with his toddler rage).

I think I am going to wait. I’m pretty sure this is a viral infection, not bacterial – came right after a cold, no fever, no “sudden onset” well except for the headache. I should say, I was pretty sure, until the orange snot came long. It just kind of sings “bac-ter-iaaaaaaa!” to me, you know? Like, to the tune of Age of Aquarius.

Anyway, if you got here by googling snot + orange + sinus, come back in a couple of days and see what shakes down.

The exciting news is that I have a sinus infection at almost the same time as dooce! Sinus sisters! At least I won’t get 500 + comments on this post, half of which telling me how to live my life. Poor dooce.

Oh hey guess who turns two years old tomorrow. We went to the dollar store today for party hats and Trombone informed everyone within several feet that it’s his birthday tomorrow AND Canada day and he gets cake and oh did he mention the cake and now there are winnie the pooh party hats too OMG I’mnotquitetwoyearsoldICan’thandlethismuchwheeeeee!

Yeah, he’s excited. It’s infectious excitement though. Like the one in my sinuses but with cake.

Um. I’d better get started on those balloons.