Keeping Score

Mono

by Gene | January 21, 2009

So this past Friday, I woke up and scratched my neck and realized something wasn’t right. I felt the right side of my neck and realized my lymph node was swollen. I went to the nurse and she gave me earth shattering advice on what to do, go see a doctor. I went on our road trip to St. Leo, and when we got on the bus, I was burning up while everybody else was cold.

The day we got back, I went to a walk-in clinic at a local CVS and asked the nurse for a mono test just to be on the safe side. So she reads the directions then administers the blood test. She tells me its positive, that I’ve come in contact with it, but doesn’t seem very sure about it. That afternoon my mom called my cousin who is a pulmanoligist in Miami to get me an appointment to figure out if I really do have it and what we need to do from there.

The next morning, I went to Coach’s office and told him what was going on and he told me to stay away from the team for a little bit until we know what is going on. I didn’t realize how bored I would get. I got into such a routine of going to practice that not going is almost driving me insane. I’m debating about going to the game tonight because I feel like I’ll just start trying to work. I’m hoping that my cousin tells me I just need an antibiotic or something so I can go back to practices.

Man, mono sucks. Well, back to laying in bed.

Gene