strep throat

I got strep throat. It was terrible. My entire body tensed up in preparation for the pain every time I swallowed. I hated it. Finally I just stopped swallowing, had a spittoon by my side. I hit up the ER twice (not an official visit, I went in the back door) and on the second try (after I had stopped taking Tylenol to suppress the fever) a PA wrote me a prescription for antibiotics. 24 hours later (when my mom came) I was feeling somewhat better. 48 hours later I was a new woman. It was fantastic. I was so impressed by the Penicillin that I write it an ode:

Oh Penicillin my Penicillin! Like chicken soup from mom.
An accidental miracle, from mold how far you've come.
Two days ago I prepared to do a tonsillectomy,
With trauma shears and Ikea tools, I planned self surgery.
Patience child, give the drugs a chance
to do their goodly deed,
Then poof! Like magic pain went down,
you answered my dear plead.

I love Penicillin.