Wednesday:
We mostly just drove and then found a hotel in St. George. I started out the day with a sore throat and it just kept getting worse and worse throughout the day. That night was the worst night because it lasted so so long. I kept awaking thinking it was morning and it wasn't even close. Not to mention I had a fever or something because it was HOT. It was so bad that I went out twice and just sat on the hotel balcony.
Thursday:
We drove all the way to Las Vegas and spent all day driving around looking for a hotel. This whole time I was so sick that I just lay in the back of the van and cried. We couldn't find a hotel because there were like 4 conventions in town. Dang, I hate conventions so much!
Near the end of the day, we found a room at La Quinta that was still way expensive, but it was the last room left and at least livable. Las Vegas is such a depressing city.
After we got our stuff in, Mom started searching the phone book for a doctor and even walked over to Wal-Mart (which was just across the parking lot from our hotel) to ask the pharmasist for clinics that were still open. Well, she got two addresses. The first one we went to just closed about 3 minutes earlier and the other we couldn't find or it was closed too or something. It sucked.
But Nessa agreed to push me around in the shopping cart so I would go with them to Wal-Mart. We bought Night Quill and that kept me asleep until one AM at least. After that I awoke every hour.
Friday:
Instead of trying to continue sleeping, I just got up at 6 AM and took a shower. The shower took so much energy I had to rest for quite some time and then I went and got continental breakfast.
After awhile, Mom and I left to try the clinic again. We thought it opened at 8 AM but it actually opened at 9 AM so we waited in the car for them to open. When they opened, we signed in and waited. I waited for an hour which is pretty good considering we had no appointment and that place was packed. I've never seen a waiting room with chairs in rows; only with the seats arranged around the room in a living room type feel. Well, this clinic had them in a line, and the seats were pretty much full.
The doctors and nurses were so weird at this clinic. I think it has a lot to do with it being in Las Vegas. One nurse was totally crazy and hyper, one normal, and the doctor kept recording what he said on a personal tape recorder and then playing it back to himself. The doctor looked at my eyes, throat etc and I got a strep test and then he recommended a chest Xray. WHAT?!??!!! I've never had an Xray before except for at the dentist. I guess it's not that strange for a clinic like this because they have all the fancy machinery right in their clinic. It's not like we would have to walk/drive over to a hospital to get one.
The Xray wasn't bad at all. When the doctor came back with it, he told me I had bronchitis and prescribed a bunch of prescriptions. There were FOUR! I didn't find this out until we picked them up at the phamacy, but that's a ton to fill at once! I feel like I'm a senior citizen!
Anyway, we filled the prescriptions at Smith's and went to JoAnne's and then went back to the hotel. Nessa had packed for me once again (I haven't packed for myself once since the time that I packed at home because of my sickness).
After a bit we left and then found a room at the same hotel in St. George. We didn't want to stay there but there wasn't anything else really and it was pretty cheap. We went to this family fun center and played their arcade games (well, Clint, Nessa and I did). I was already feeling that much better that I walked over there with them. For dinner we went to JBs and it was so funny because Dad took Clint and Crystal home early because they were hyper and left a credit card with us to pay. We it was expired or something so we had to wait while Nessa ran back and got another card and that one almost didn't work! It was really funny though.
Saturday:
When we left our hotel, we passed Brigham Young's Winter Home and there was a sign that the tours were free so we stopped and took a tour. It was really cool but the coolest part was that I found out that they were showing The Joseph Smith movie at the temple visitors center. My parents decided it would be easiest to let me see it here rather than taking me to SLC so I got to see it. it was so amazing. I think it's probably my favorite movie now. Ah, I love it!
On the way home, we stopped at various stores and junk and the squeaky cheese place and Nessa and I got T-shirts. They are so cool. (Tourist shirts for Beaver, UT!) We also stopped at my Gma and Gpa P.'s house to visit.
It was lovely to get home and see my lovely kitties. :)
