Finally have an appointment with Dr Barrett

Saw Dr Barrett this afternoon and was finally able to show her the boils under my armpit. She initially said that she wanted me to continue on the antibiotics (which I had been taking for the last 10 days and hadn't really done anything) and she would like to see me on Wednesday before making a decision on whether to admit me and start me on IV antibiotics before considering surgery if the antibiotics hadn't done anything. I started feeling quite dizzy and sick at this point and had to sit down. Steve said that I hadn't been feeling well for weeks and was very lethargic and tired. Dr Barrett said that I could be admitted today but if a bed wasn't available on Adelaide ward, I would have to wait in the CDU unit (clinical decision unit) or I could go home and wait for a bed to be available, hopefully tomorrow. This was the better option. Dr Barrett felt that it could either be an infection or more disease spread which was a bit of a surprise.