I am sitting up – sitting up! – in a chair by an open window as the autumn breeze blows past the keys and my husband toasts an English muffin and the kids run wild up in their room and the dog rests his chin on his paws.
I woke up Saturday fever-free for the first time in a week, and although it dropped in to visit a few times during the day, it stayed mild. Today, Sunday, I am also free of fever so far. I am still a delicate flower and do almost nothing, and my appetite is still nowhere to be found (yet have I lost weight? Not a pound!)
Meanwhile, I am well versed in the ins and outs of all seasons of 30 Rock and Parks and Rec that are on Netflix, and I’ve caught up on my DVRd Property Brothers. I have re-read four books, drank oceans of Gatorade and Constant Comment tea, and slept far more than I have been awake in the last week.
Seems nice, eh? It would have been, but for the debilitating dizziness, cough, exhaustion, and worry about missing so much work. I actually like my job, a lot, and having to hand over a couple of (billable) assignments was, like, THE WORST. These are cases I’ve worked on since I got here, ones I know intimately, and although it was necessary, it was really annoying to have to give them to someone else.
But, so it goes. Now I wait for my test results. I think tomorrow I will take off one more day in order to go to a primary care physician – I should have one anyway, and thus far only nurses and nurse practitioners at the urgent care have seen me. I feel well enough to toddle out a bit farther afield to a real doctor now. I have a couple of theories – doctors love patients with their own theories! – and I’d like to ask a doctor to check on them. I also think three fever free days would be best before exerting myself with going in to work.
Anyway. Today is a glorious day, and I was supposed to be running a marathon, but that will have to be postponed. Instead, I will cuddle the boys, watch more Property Brothers, drink more Gatorade, and be tended to by my superhero husband (who, since I called him home early from New Orleans last week, has done all cooking, cleaning, childcaring, and dogwalking, and has just taken the children to the park so that I can have a quiet morning). I hope this resolves very soon, so I can go back to normal. I’ve been seeking normal for a long time, and it keeps eluding us . . . but it will eventually come.
Good news! Take it easy going back into the world.
That sickness sounds awful! So glad you’re at the tail end of it!
Yes- I totally get how painful it is to hand projects to others!
P.s. Love Property Brothers.
I’m so glad to hear you are on the mend! I had what turned to be double pneumonia over winter break my junior year of college. Due to the terrible health services center and my assumption that I was generally invincible, I thought it was just a flu and let myself deteriorate to what the ER doctor told me was about 24-48 hours away from dying. So yeah, pneumonia was one of the worst things I’ve ever dealt with and all I had to take care of at the time was myself. I CAN’T comprehend nursing myself back to health with two young kids, a husband and a house in tow. You are so impressive. I hope you recover fully very soon. If you need any DVDs or books, let me know and I’ll send them!