As I took my time rolling out of bed this morning, I took a quick inventory of the progressing symptoms of my mystery illness. My eyes were again swollen, and were now accompanied by a sore throat. The thought of getting up and going to meet with my group to discuss our “faith and practice” project only motivated me to roll over and try to go back to sleep. When I eventually got up, mami sent me to LASP with instructions to check in with them again and call her when I had more information about going to the clinic. I talked to Laura right away, and she called mami, directing her on exactly how to go about getting me to the clinic as soon as I got home. After that, I met with my group to work on our project that needs to be presented on Friday. Trying to come to an agreement about how to apply everything we've learned this semester was a challenging task for my group of 6, and I'm sure zombie Casey wasn't much help, but I'm pretty sure our morning of discussion yielded at least a little bit of progress.
Everyone had their own suggestions about how to fix my eye problem, and it was so frustrating to just not know what was causing it or how to fix it. At ICADS I was just feeling drained, and my Spanish teacher was really sweet about encouraging me to just go get it checked out. I hurried home after class, and mami and I took the bus to meet papi, and the three of us went to a clinic in downtown San Jose. The clinic was excellent, and I got helped right away. The doctor explained everything using basic Spanish so I could understand, and after a quick examination, he concluded that it was an allergic reaction. He explained that it could be to almost anything and it’s very hard to tell without doing exams, and he recommended treating it for now and looking further into the causes if the symptoms don't go away.
I had the option of getting a shot or taking some allergy medicine for 5 days, and much to papi's dismay I chose the pills. I just wasn't so sure about getting a shot, and the pills were more familiar, one being Allegra. We went straight to the pharmacy to pick them up, and I was able to take both types tonight, so hopefully I'll see some results by tomorrow...if I can see, that is ;) Everyone was very helpful, and I'm grateful that all of my nerves about not knowing what to do were completely unnecessary. Despite the undesirable circumstances, it was also really nice to spend some time with mami and papi and get out of the house for the evening.
When we got home, I had to write a story for Spanish class, and we all watched parts of the Costa Rica (Saprissa) vs. USA soccer game. It was a kind of stressful day, but I'm really happy we just took care of things and that I now have a way to fight whatever is attacking my body. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow and we can do a good job finishing up our group project.
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