Being sick.... EW!

For the past few days I haven't been feeling all that great. I've had a congested head, a sore throat, achy ears, and an awful cough. I usually hate going to the doctor and I wasn't planning on it, but then two of my teammates went to the doctor and were diagnosed with bronchitis that could have turned into fatal pneumonia. So, naturally, this scared me into going to the doctor. I went to student health today and it took forever, of course. After over two hours of waiting I finally saw a doctor. She immediately wanted a blood test done (ouch!) to check my white blood cell count. Overall, my blood looked healthy but my white blood cells were high enough that the doctor concluded that I had a viral infection that was in the early stages of turning into bronchitis. Yuck! So she prescribed me four different types of medicine to take throughout the day and said that if I didn't feel better in the next few days that I would need to come back in for bronchitis medicine. She also ordered 4-5 days of rest with no physical activity. This means I will have to miss practice and 6am workouts. I hate letting my team down, but I feel so awful that I know I couldn't participate anyways. I'm also highly contagious, so I don't think anyone wants me around anyways. So it's soup, my bed, and lots of gatorade and medicine for the next few days for me! Ugh.