Remember that mosquito bite from yesterday? It has grown. After a long deliberation with Jen regarding our docs of choice, because working for a group of docs is both a wonderful clinical resource and awfully awkward when you want to take advantage of that resource, I stepped into Doc Query's office for a quick consult. ("You look nice today... can I ask you for your medical opinion?) Yesterday, Doc Firewall sent Jessica to the ER for her toe. Luckily, I fared better. After commenting on the "nice red border" of my grotesque bite and providing no assurances on the state of my leg, only that he's not going to prescribe me any meds ("am I going to lose my leg?" "I hope not." "Is this freakish?" "Well..."), Query gave me the OK that this wouldn't be a ridiculous reason to see a doctor. His words were, "As much as it pains me to tell you not to work on my project today, I think you should go see an urgent care provider right now." So off I went to student health services...
Moi: I don't have an appointment, but I have an allergic reaction.
Nurse Aide/Secretary I: (looking unimpressed) You think you're having allergic reactions?
Nurse Aide/Secretary II: (skeptical) What kind of reaction?
Moi: This. (stick out my leg)
Nurse Aide/Secretary I: (alarm and repulsion) Come sit here. Let me see that. You can see a nurse practitioner in 30 minutes.
Nurse Aide/Secretary II: (more alarm and repulsion) I think this is the third case we've had this week.
Moi: Glad I can contribute to the trend.
Nurse Aide/Secretary I: No, no, that's not a good thing.
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