Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Otolaryngology

Nauber has been sick. I convinced him to go to the hospital because he was not getting better on herbal tea alone. His throat was bothering him, and he could barely swallow or talk anymore.

The doctor said his right tonsil is so swollen it is close to choking off his airway. It is not abscessed, however, and should be treatable with antibiotics. They want him to stop in at the ear-nose-throat guy tomorrow morning just to be sure, though. He was on an IV, got a saline drip and an anti-inflammatory. Got an antibiotic injected into his butt. And is on oral antibiotics.

Ordinarily, he refuses to take anything resembling modern pharmaceuticals. Not even a vitamin or aspirin. I think they scared him a little with the whole you could have died comment. He's taking the pills they gave him!! Even the Tylenol-3.

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