This morning I woke up barely able to take a breath through my throat. And when I did I sharp pain overwhelmed me. My eyes seemed watery, and I was dizzy as I stood. Sick. Just one day before Thanksgiving break and I felt like I was ready to go die in a corner somewhere, anything to just not have this icky feeling. I convinced my mom to let me stay home from school, or rather my appearance did. I crawled back into bed, hiding under the comforts of my blankets, uninterrupted.
Until a few hours later my dad told me I had to get up to go to the doctor's office. Joy, joy. He's a teacher, and his school had the entire week off (lucky ducks) so he drove me to the Maple Grove doctor's office. As we entered the doors, there was a whirlwind of kids running about and looking at the fish tank. Their arms were flailing about, and constant screams were giving me a headache. Don't get me wrong, I usually love the little kids, but at that moment, everything was bothering me. Barely any of the kid's heights surpassed my knee. It was funny that Partners & Peds. said they would see patients up until they were 23, however to me it appeared that the average age was 2-3. Dad and I sat down in the sterile waiting area, listening for one of my nurses to say my name...
And hour passed.
An hour.
When I finally heard someone say, "Madeline Olson", I thought maybe I was hallucinating. I followed the nurse back through the maze of rooms until she finally put me in room seven, and told me that the doctor would be in in a moment.
That "moment" lasted 20 minutes....
The doctor knocked on the door, making me sit straight up in my chair. After a quick five minute analysis of my sickness he gave me a strep test and then exited my room saying it would take around 7 minutes to get the results.
More waiting.
Longer than 7 minutes.
When I finally got my results, and half sprinted back to my dad in the waiting area I was ready to get out of this place! We had got to the doctors at 9:20 A.M. and the time on my iPhone now said 11:20 A.M. A perfect two hours. I honestly think that doctor visit made me more sick and tired that I already was...
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