What a week!!

Yes, it has been quite a week in the Rasmussen household! From locking my keys in the car, to washing my mobile telephone and nearly trampling the cat to death!(whole other story for another time!) I didn´t think things could get much worse....how wrong I was!

On Tuesday evening Sara came home feeling totally rotten. It was her throat - again!! She gets a sore throat every 6 weeks or so. Usually a day or two in bed and she is then back on her feet again. (We sometimes go to the doctor when it happens, however we are always told the same thing. "it´s a virus, we can´t do anything, just drink warm tea.")This time was different. I have never seen her soooo sick.

She had fever. The glands on the side of her neck were so swollen you could see them sticking out. Her left ear was totally closed. At 5am she woke me, she could hardly swallow. Her tonsils were soooo swollen. I rang the emergency doctor but was told to contact my own doctor in the morning, so that´s what I did. We got an appointment. By this time Sara could only open her mouth half way. They checked her throat but there was no bacteria there, however something in her blood count was high, which showed infection. So we were sent to the hospital for more blood tests. They wanted to rule out Mononukleose. We were sent home with the instructions that if things got worse we should contact the hospital. (Oh by the way the blood tests showed that it wasn´t Mononukleose.)

Well things did get worse. I was at the dentist and when I came home Sara couldn´t open her mouth or swallow her spit. She was sitting with a bowl letting her spit run into it (gross - I know!!) Kristian has been on a course all week, so he came home to all this chaos! I rang the hospital and was told to come in with her right away. She was then kept in.

It turns out she had a boil at the back of her throat behind her swollen tonsils. They were worried that it would block her windpipe and make breathing difficult. This morning they were finally able to burst it, which was rather digusting!!! She has also been getting penicillin and this evening is on the mend! She is feeling alot better. Her tonsils are still swollen but she was finally able to eat a little food this evening. First time since Tuesday afternoon. Hopefully she will get home tomorrow.

In the middle of all this I had an appointment at the dentist and a bit of good news. The tooth that was cracked and needed a crown was not "dead " after all. When she got down to the roots she could see that it was looking good. So there was no root treatment and a crown was not needed, at least not at the moment. She was able to do a plastic filing, so I saved about £800!! A wee miracle in the middle of everything. I go again next week for the next bit of work that needs done on the right side.

Tomorrow I head off for the weekend. Right after work I head to the other side of Denmark for a Children Workers Conference. It happens every two years here in Denmark and it´s years ago since I have been to one. I am really looking forward to it. Eight of us from church are going so it should be fun. Hopefully we will get loads of ideas and inspiration! But I must admit I am feeling tired. This is the third weekend in a row that I have had a full programme! And my week days haven´t been much better. My house hasn´t be cleaned for 3 weeks!! hahaha So I know what Kristian will be doing this weekend while I am gone! It´s wonderful that I get to go away and he gets to do the housework and shopping:-) Life is good!