Impe-freakin-tigo

Ahhh, to be a preschool teacher. As I've mentioned before, the nasty little sick germs the kids bring to school usually hit a few teachers (myself always included) before they make their way out the door. And the latest bug I've been so lucky to get? The wonderful impetigo- which in case you haven't heard about it before...

Pronunciation: "im-p&-'tE-(")gO, -'tI-Function: nounEtymology: Latin, from impetere to attack -- more at IMPETUS: an acute contagious staphylococcal or streptococcal skin disease characterized by vesicles, pustules, and yellowish crusts

Just what I hoped the Easter bunny would bring me.

A little boy at our school had it and SOMEHOW, I got it. Not quite sure how because he's one kid that only comes a few times a week and doesn't ever hang on me or want me to pick him up, so I have very little skin on skin contact with him. But with how my luck is when it comes to catching bugs at school, he probably just waved at me and I caught it.

Anyway, the definition kindly left out: it itches nonstop, is very contagious and spreads faster than wildfire if you are not careful. Luckily I only have one bump on my upper chest, versus the boy at school who had many many bumps all over his face.

I went to the doctor yesterday to get it looked at and diagnosed and he prescribed some antibiotics. I took one last night and felt like my body had moved to the planet Mars! I was dizzy, fatigued, shaky, sick to my stomach...I drove to pick up cory a few hours later and felt like I had downed a bottle of wine and thought I might even have to pull over! Then, to top it all off, I woke up at 3am, all shaky, with my mind racing and couldn't get back to sleep for about 2 1/2 hours. Needless to say it's been HORRIBLE and there's no WAY I'm going to subject myself to these side effects for 6 more days. No. Way.

Luckily, my doctor also gave me a prescription for a topical (lotion) antibiotic which has no side effects, but I didn't get it yesterday because they didn't have it in stock, hence why I went with the mars pills. So, in a few hours I will go back to the pharmacy and have them order the lotion.

What a week.

P.S. No word on the commercial yet.
P.S.S. Anyone a fan of HBO's Deadwood? I just watched almost all of the first season and I am HOOKED! Crazy hooked!