I have also been a bit under the weather. I went to the doctor for a regular check-up and they suggested I get a pneumonia shot since I have Lupus. I didn't think anything of it and agreed to get the shot. Well, that turned out to be a bad idea. By that evening I was in so much pain. I couldn't move my arm and was running a 102.6 fever. So the next morning I called my doctor and she wanted me to come back in. That afternoon I went to see my doctor after being sick all morning long. She told me I had cellulitis (a bacterial infection under the skin). She said of the seven years that she had been at that clinic that she had only seen this happen twice and I was the second one. Yay me, lol. So she drew a line around the large red, swollen area on my arm, started me on some antibiotics, told me I should start feeling better after about six hours and if the redness or swelling goes outside of the line to go to the emergency room. Well as my luck would have it, about a day later the redness had spread outside of the line and a new spot was forming underneath the original spot. So, off to the ER I went. They looked at it and said that it had definitely spread and put me on i.v. antibiotics immediately and sent me home with a second antibiotic to take in addition to the one I was already taking. That was two days ago. Today I can move my arm a bit better and it doesn't hurt so much to lay down now, but it is still a bit swollen and sore. Thanks again immune system for being so messed up. Who knew this could happen from a shot that was supposed to help you. It's just my luck. I hope to continue to get better daily cuz for now the cleaning and rearranging of the scrap room is on hold. Thanks everyone for stopping by and I hope to be back in full swing in the next few days.
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