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Last night Mike and I headed to the emergency room. For about 2 days my back had been killing me making it really hard to breath. I also had a really sore throat and an ear ache on the right side. Late last night the pain started to get worse and I developed a fever of 103. I was on the fence about going to the hospital because we don't have any health insurance, therefore, it was hard to make a decision on whether or not to go. But as my fever started to rise Mike and I decided it would be a good idea. When we got there they took us back pretty much right away but we waited in the room for quite a while to see a doctor. After the doctor came in and checked me out he decided to start an IV because I was dehydrated. He has swabbed my throat to get it tested for strep and mono. Another nurse came in and put some medicine in my IV for the pain. The doctor came back and said I have an infection in my throat (not sure what it was called) which caused an infection in my lungs which is why my back was hurting so bad because my lungs were inflamed. He but some medicine in my IV for my nausea and for the inflammation, which made me really sleepy and I slept for about an hour. The medicine was amazing and made the pain feel a lot better so the gave me a prescription and sent me home. Today I feel a little better but still have some pain in my back ribs. Im a little upset that we needed to go to the doctor because we don't have insurance, but you do what you have to do. I talked to my mom and she was worried that it might turn into pneumonia or bronchitis so we didn't want to risk it. Hopefully with the medicine I will start to feel better and won't have to worry about this again. Also the doctor told me that I needed to get my tonsils taken out because I have had a sore throat multiple times this year but, I am definatly going to wait until I have insurance for that!