Ok, so thought i'd share... tuesday went to a weightlifting class in the morning (5am) and then had school from 8-11:15 was kinda sore and achy and tired thought was from me upping my weights in class, no big deal right? so get some errands done and am just too tired to go to my 1:00 class and decide to skip it, sleep and then go to work from 3-6pm. All goes as planned except im getting in more pain and a headache is coming on. I get to my last class of the day ( i hate tues. and thurs, lol) @7-8 and am sitting in there thinking I might just throw up in front of these people that I barely know. I think the nausea was from my back and shoulders hurting so bad and maybe that triggered the headache (?) So I drive back to the house- about 30 min.- and am laying there trying to decide should i try and sleep it off or if i go to sleep will it be worse when i wake and then I'll have to call someone... i opted to be proactive and went ahead to the E.R. about 9:30pm and sit, and sit. I get called back about 11:00 and stuck on a bed in the hallway they pulled copious amounts of blood, got urine, and did a CT scan of my head and back. Bloodwork showed high WBC so they put me on IV antibiotics ( something related to baytril, i work as a vet tech and say it was something-floxacin) and sodium chloride drip spiked with morphine... which made pain go away
CT scan results came back about 5:30 am ( yes i was there for almost 9 hrs after being up since 4am the day before with only an hour nap) and was normal except that the lower lobes of each lung were "shady" so i -probably- have pneumonia. i dont think i do but ive never been in that kind of pain before... was/ is that a flare? had been achy for a few days before and hurt pretty bad right now and am skipping my 9-11 class today to write ya'll and sleep before my 100 class so any answers would be great. I have a post- e.r. doctor appt today with my general practitioner and will talk to her about pneumo diag. but it doesnt make sense to me. it doesnt hurt when i breath it hurts all the time and im not coughing. anyhow they gave me zithromax, prednisone (which i am not taking but had filled anyhow) and hydrocodone (which i am not taking unless have to)