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[stoopbeck]

So, despite popular belief, I am alive.

Of course, I'm stuck abed with a racking cough, but hey! At least I'm home and finals are done with, right?

I had to go to PriMed. I'm convinced now that they just watch for me to come, and then compete to see how long they can make us wait this time.

So, now, the newest episode in the Continuing Adventures of Alex--

Alex: *horrible racking cough*

Mom: Hm, you feel warm. *takes temperature*

Thermometer: *esplodes*

Mom: Hmm.

[Next morning, it's off to PriMed at 10:00!]

PriMed: We're no longer affiliated with any hospitals! Fill out gads of forms! Wait in our waiting room with surly old men and germ-infested children for an hour and a half!

We: *do so*

An hour and a half: *passes*

[Finally a nurse comes out. She calls me "sweetie" and takes all my vitals. Then she sequesteres us in Exam Room 3. Right next to the screaming baby, who will scream and wail for the next two and a half hours. Continuously. You'd think he'd have to stop for breath, but noooooooo. All he did was scream, scream, scream. .... Ahem. On with the story.]

We: *wait in room for an hour*

Doctor: Heylemmelookinyoureyelistentoyourlungsyeahyouneedachestx-rayg'bye! *skedaddles*

Mom: What'd he say?

Alex: *shrug*

Nurse: Here, put on this horribly embarrassing hospital gown. We're going to take chest x-rays now.

We: *wait in hallway for, like, ever*

Nurse: *ignores my attempts not to fall down and cough myself unconscious*

We: *wait some more*

Nurse: So apparently they have to x-ray all that guy's ribs. We'll be back for you in a few! Exam Room 3, take a right, it's right there.

Alex: *staggers back to Exam Room 3*

[45 minutes later]

Creepy Male Orderly: Hey, come on with me, we're going to take a good look at your chest now. I mean, uh, with x-rays and stuff. I mean. Not, like, your actual chest or anything.

Alex: ...

Alex's Chest: *gets a-scanned*

Creepy Male Orderly: You can go back to your room now. Exam Room 3, okay? Just down the hall, take a right, and you're there.

Alex: *goes back to room, curls up on exam bed, and tries to sleep despite the musical stylings of next-door-neighbor Screaming Baby*

Time: *passes like whoa*

Doctor: *appears* Soyou'vegotbronchitis,here'sfreedrugsamplesg'bye! *disappears*

Mom: What?

Creepy Male Orderly: So, you've got bronchitus, no work or leaving the house or even moving omg liek whoa for the next few days, now let me tell you my life story.

Alex: ...

Mom: So, she can't come work for me in freezing weather outside tomorrow?

Creepy Male Orderly: Uh, no, that'd be a negative.

We: *depart quick-like*

Alex: *sleeps and watches DVDs and works on fanfic and sleeps and reads Dean Koontz and the Spoon River Anthology and sleeps*




So that's what I've been up to, pretty much. Yay Christmas holidays!

Comments

[otakuoverlorde.livejournal.com]

*huggle* You poor thing. The worst I've had is nonstop sneezing from the dog, and a migraine from the nonstop sneezing.

Fanfic works wonders.

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

Totally. Except all my fic right now is slightly on crack. Like, really.

Awww. Will magical hot chocolate help your sneezing?

Also, your icon! *squeee*

[otakuoverlorde.livejournal.com]

I'm supposed to be writing smutty fics for my friends for Christmas, because I am poor, but all I can seem to write is smutty fics...for myself. ^^;;

Alas, the only think fixing my sneezing is not playing with my doggeh. *sad*

*giggles* It's my second fave. ^^ He's >this< close to doing the smarmy-single-eyebrow-wiggle. ^^

[skroberts]

Alex's Chest: *gets a-scanned*

I don't know whether to laugh or to cry, honestly...

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

Honestly, me neither.

[ewanspotter.livejournal.com]

"Thermometer: *esplodes*" HEHE.. I mean... I'm so sorry.

*huggles*

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

*snuggles*

Hehe, thanks. :]

[ewanspotter.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'd like to send you an x-mas card, but I don't know your address...

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

What's your email address? :]

[ewanspotter.livejournal.com]

bekybob13@aol.com

[mei-chan1029.livejournal.com]

you have the best way of telling stories - you really do. :)

Man, i sure hope you get better and I'm glad finals are over for you. I TOTALLY understand about the waiting, tho. I had to do about that same thing at the emergency room from like 1-5:30am and then had to stop on the side of the road on the way home to puke my guts out...again. ;_;

GET BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

Awwww... *blushes*

Yeah, I had the same thing happen in an emergency room this semester. I was having some sort of breathing problem, and I'm just glad I didn't stop breathing or anything as I waited hours for them to get to me.

Good luck with your finals!

[thelasttoknow03.livejournal.com]

I really do feel bad that you're sick. But when you tell it like that...I can't help but giggle and feel even worse because I'm laughing at you being sick. :)

I am serious, as soon as you get better, we're going to see Narnia. It's been forever since I read the book, so I'm not sure how well it matches up. I reallllly liked it though!

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

GOSH you're SUCH a HORRIBLE PERSON! HOW COULD you LAUGH at a SICK PERSON?!!1

Heh.

I really want to go with you! Alex's Body, you'd better shape up soon, dagnabbit...

[jolinarcarter.livejournal.com]

*snuggles* Get better. *sends Carson from her icon to you*

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

*huggles* Thanks!

Aww, you rock. Carson's making me some tea right now. :] *huggles him too*

[archaimikokami.livejournal.com]

*hugs and sends over several doctors from House to take care of you*

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

Yay! Except that means that I get to have a seizure, bleed from various orifaces, lose a limb, and be clinically dead for at least thirty seconds. On the plus side, hot doctors, yay!

*huggles Foreman and House and Chase and Wilson*

[archaimikokami.livejournal.com]

Awww...do you need some Hogwarts bishies to use a few spells?

[alana-eldora.livejournal.com]

I feel bad for being amused by your sickly story...but I am. Hooray for Alex's mad story telling Skillz!

I'm so sorry you're sick though. Feel better soon!

*hugs*

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

Awww! *dances*

Aww, thanks! I'm looking forward to being 100% better. :]

*huggles*

[espritdeterre.livejournal.com]

Aww, dinnae be sick abed. And what's with the creepy orderly making comments about taking a "good look" at your chest? Weirdo. Wouldn't be surprised if he was in the next room watching you put on that paper gown. Not to skeez you out or anything.

Also, David got me SNL: The Best of Christopher Walken dvd as part of my Chrimas present, so you and I shall watch it when we get back to school and that will make you to feel muchly better. :)

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

...Yeah. He was rather creepy. *shudder* Good thing they let me change in my exam room. I don't know why they can't just give you a t-shirt or something. Stupid them.

Eeeeeee Christopher Walken!!! *bounces* I feel better already!

[(Anonymous)]

Hope you're feeling better. Sorry you missed the BEST movie ever. :) I'm sure Samantha will go with you again. Cause it was pretty good. Anyhow, don't break any more thermometers. That would be BAD. --Erin

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! :[ Hopefully Samantha won't mind a repeat viewing.

Hopefully the thermometers are safe... for now. :]

[(Anonymous)]

Hope so. :) Too bad I can't go with you two. I would see it again but the land of the LOST calls me. To Hawaii I Go!!!! (well at least on Monday).... --Erin

[thelasttoknow03.livejournal.com]

Samantha definitely doesn't mind. But I will bring Kleenex this time. ;)