Working with kids has it’s good and bad moments. Everyone knows the good shit, but the bad shit sucks. One of the many bad things is getting sick.
Kids love germs. When you work with as many kids as I do, chances are that one or more will be sick at any given time. Usually I’ll get a little cold, maybe a cough or 2. This time was different. I was bad. Me being the tough guy thought I would wait it out and let it clear itself up. A lot of times this approach works, just not last time. I knew things were getting bad when about a month into the sickness which included heavy coughing, runny nose and being hot all the time, I suddenly lost the ability to smell and taste.
The weird part of it all was at the time my nose was clear and eariler in the day I could taste and smell fine, then suddenly it was gone. It happened when I was chillin drinking a glass of chocolate milk. Suddenly I was like “Hmm this chocolate milk isn’t very chocolately”. I tried smelling it and nothing. I started to get a tad nervous so I went into my room, got some cologne and sprayed it on my face….nothing. Now I knew it was time to see a doctor.
3 days later…I went to the hospital and got a check up and 5 days worth of pills. Taiwan is cheap when it comes to this kind of thing. Total cost with the doctor and medication was only $600NT or about $18US. Taiwan is also weird as they give you tons of medication to cover everything. Normally the smart doctors in the US (thats right I am calling Taiwan doctor stupid) you get 1 maybe 2 pills and your fine, here I got 8 different pills. I also had to take those pills 4 times a day. You do the math, thats like 100 or something pills a day! FUCK!
Anyways here is a picture of most of the medication that I was given.
Here is a picture of the pills I had to take daily.
BTW..This was like 2 weeks ago. I am much better now, and I can smell and taste.
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July 5th, 2006 at 12:08 am
WOW! Were you high all the time? Maybe they weren’t those kind of drugs. Having to take them four times a day, it must of seemed that every time you turned around it was time to take your medication. Bummer! They must of done a job on you stomach. Doctors in the U.S. would of brought out the needle, shot you full of drugs and sent you on your way. Maybe they would of had a naughty nurse holding your hand while the doctor shot you up. It would of cost $200 to $300 but it would be worth it. Yea? Glad your feeling better. Stay away from those sick kids. Which would be hard to do. They look up at you with their cute little faces, then turn around and give you their deadly germs. They are like little assassins out to get you. But then maybe you want to get sick so you can go to the hospital and have a naughty Taiwanese nurse hold your hand. Hmmmm?
July 5th, 2006 at 12:30 pm
Best comment ever! My Mom is so cool!