My Week “In Reflection”

This has been one of those weeks that I could have totally skipped over and not missed it one little bit! It was a really bad week for me. As I try to think about the good things from my week – I’m not sure there are any worth remembering.

I started off Sunday morning with a sore throat and had to skip working the nursery at church because I didn’t want to make any babies sick. I did go to worship and I’m so glad I did! Okay, I guess that was one good spot – but I already listed that on my “Grains of Gratitude” last Sunday!

Monday morning I got up – feeling really bad – and went to work. We had scheduled –after three earlier attempts – a “Grandma” shower for my friend D and I had signed up to bring the cake and punch! Couldn’t very well have a shower without that, could they?

Well, I left work early hoping to get in to the doctor, but they couldn’t get me in until Thursday! That wasn’t doing me much good on Monday! The Dr did call in a couple of prescriptions for me – an antibiotic and a decongestant.

I ran fever every day, sore throat, both ears hurting, congested, coughing and just really yucky! When Thursday came along and I was still running fever I called the doctor and they got me in that morning. She changed my antibiotic to a stronger one and added a prescription for cough and another for a nasal spray to help with the congestion along with the decongestant.

I missed work the entire week, ran fever and felt pretty crummy the whole week as well! I started on the new antibiotic Thursday as soon as I picked it up from the pharmacy. Oh yeah, that’s another story!

When the pharmacist called the insurance company for approval on the meds, they would not okay the nasal spray! The pharmacist had to call my doctor and ask her either to prescribe one of the two suggested by the insurance company or call them to explain why I needed the particular one she prescribed.

I get so frustrated when trying to deal with insurance companies. It seems like if my doctor says I need a particular medication and my insurance premiums are paid – why can’t I get it?! It seems like the doctor would know better than they would what I need for my illness.

Anyway, my practitioner called me later that afternoon and said she would call in one of the “recommended”. She said there probably was not that much difference and if it didn’t work then we would try something else.

Today is the first day that I’ve not run fever! I can tell that the new antibiotic is working! Praise the Lord! I’ll be back in the nursery for first service in the morning and then attend worship directly after I serve. We started a great series of lessons last week and I’m anxious to hear lesson two tomorrow.

I’m praying for a much better week and looking forward to getting back to work!