It’s official. That’s what I had. I returned to the doctor for a follow up yesterday and that is what the throat culture revealed. It’s apparently a type of sore throat that is accompanied by an all-over body rash that spares the face and genitals (fortunately). It’s often misdiagnosed as strep, though,\u00a0since most people go on antibiotics before the rash develops or spreads. Lucky me got to experience the entire affliction.<\/p>\n
But I’m back at work and\u00a0I’m no longer contaminated. I am, however, missing graduation today because I encouraged my parents to stay home. They were supposed to come to Boston yesterday but with the rain and me still not knowing what I had until the afternoon, we thought it was best to skip the graduation ceremony. Besides, now that the pain is gone, I’m horribly itchy and I’m sure that damn gown would have driven me crazy.<\/p>\n
Thank you for all of your sweet comments the past two days as I wallowed in misery. From this paragraph forward, I promise not to mention this thing ever again.<\/p>\n
It just dawned on me that I leave for Paris next week. This trip surely has snuck up on me. Mike and I haven’t even booked hotel rooms for the nights in London (we have lodging covered in Paris and Oxford for the bulk of the trip: 14 of the 17 nights). I keep thinking “economy”….but perhaps we should splurge since we’re getting such a deal the rest of the time?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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