Well it certainly has turned out to be a December to remember. That head cold I mentioned last post got quite a bit worse. Probably a flu but no official diagnosis yet. I've had three days straight of fevers in excess of 102. The highest was 104.5 and ibuprofen wasn't keeping things under control. Thankfully my wonderful nurse/mother helped my through a long delirious night by making me ice my neck. You know you're in trouble when sleeping upright on your couch using a bag of ice as a pillow is comforting.
After two nights of ice pillow snuggling my fever finally broke this morning. However, I was so exhausted and congested that I finally threw in the towel and checked in to Clarian North Hospital (aka the Taj Mahal). I'm pretty tough but realized that the best way to get better fast and effectively was to have 24/7 intensive therapy.
My master plan is to be out by Christmas Eve. We are still hoping to host Randy's parents and have a fun and relaxing holiday weekend. Also, I need to be in good shape for our annual music cruise in Jan. We leave in 13 days...YIKES. Thankfully all my exercise recently is helping me get through this episode better than I would have expected. Of course Randy & my mom have been amazing and I can thank them both enough. Yes Hillary it does take a village :)
If you've called me, emailed me, facebooked (verb?) me, etc lately I probably have not responded yet. Frankly my energy/focus is shot to heck. So this is the quick and easy way to keep you all up to date.
Will post more frequently this week. Hope you all are having a wonderful holiday.
Love,
Steph
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Ugh - so bummed you're in the hospital, but so happy you know yourself well enough to check in and nip this in the bud! I love you friend - will call you tonight!
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So nice to hear your voice today, glad you're not in the Taj Mahal anymore, no matter how luxurious. Get on down to FL and we'll relax at the Tiki Bar a la Bahia Cabana.
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AB
hey, I just stumbled over here from Cf2chat, after seeing you were going on the jamcruise (isn't that what all awesome people do?? :) ) anyway, as I read further it looks like your in IN, as am I. So I thought i would say an official hello. hello.
ReplyDelete--Shannon (wanderlost on cf2)