In the process

[newmama]

thanks ladies! What a whirlwind night. Here are the bullets:
*S and I went across town to meet mom et al for dinner. Took the wrong exit and drove all around. Still beat them there!

*As dinner went on I was feeling more and more achy with chills and just felt like crap

*I decided to go to urgent care with S along in case I had a bladder infection (not good timing with conferences around the corner)

*I get lost because the freeway was all backed up. I tried to type in the name of the medical center into my Garmin GPS but it only gives me the one 10 miles away! It starts raining cats and dogs.

*I finally decide to head home and pray that I don't get worse over night (vomiting and fever). Suddenly, I find the medical center.

*I accidentally put on the child lock and somehow LOCKED S IN THE CAR!!!! IN THE PARKING LOT! I freaked out and found a parking lot security phone. They came out pronto. My car was a disaster--such a mess. I am sure I looked like some white trash irresponsible mom. S was screaming his head off.

*I sign in to the Urgent Care, bring S with me to give a urine sample and wait for over an hour, even though there were only a few people in the lobby. Turns out that they were waiting to contact my provider or something. Suddenly I smell S and his diaper is poopy! So I check in with the receptionist and tell her I am going to go change his diaper in the car.

*Finally they call me back and ask me to do a pelvic exam! I am a patient that always asks questions so I asked why it was necessary. They didn't find evidence of a bladder infection so they wanted to investigate.

*Wouldn't you know it, a good looking, young, Southern doctor was the one to give me an exam! The nurse saw that I was a single mom so she whisked S away to be taken care of by the other nurses. She said she was a single mom too and we chatted about our kids. I had to wait ANOTHER hour after the exam., but the nurses gave S a toy ball, crackers and juice! And he was sooooo good! Even though it was over an hour past his bedtime. I am so lucky!

*In the end, the doc surmised that I was having a rheumatoid arthritis flare up and told me to take my meds for some relief. Duh...I have been behind on giving myself the shot and I have to eat foodwith the prednisone so I tend to forget about that when I don't have breakfast until school.

We drove home without getting lost, we had more cats and dog rain, we hydroplaned umpteem times. I decided to get myself an ice cream cone at McDonald's. S was asleep. (I haven't gained weight-- when I have a flare up, it raises my metabolism temporarily).

I am so tired but had to tell what happened.
Thank you, God, for having such decent and kind people in the world! I felt very fortunate and now I know that if disasters happen when I am alone with S, strangers will help!!!!