When I wrote my last post saying I needed a holiday, I had no idea how right I was. Right after that post I got sick. Very, very sick. So sick I thought I was going to be put in the hospital for dehydration from five days of non-stop fever. Turns out that my lungs were so full of fluid I purred when I breathed. I still can't believe I did not end up in the hospital but once on antibiotics, my pneumonia got a bit better. Thankfully I can breathe again but now the exhaustion on top of the fibromyalgia is crushing me into submission.
The one good thing? We have not had much snow and it has not been as super cold. Thank you Mother Nature! Sadly, Reg also got sick, just with a different illness. We have both been passed out on couches together catching up on Sanctuary and watching very silly movies on Netflix. I feel there should be a quarantine bubble around our house.
Yesterday we started to celebrate the winter solstice. Reg got out our window lights and now our house is no longer the dark horse on the happily lit street. I am hoping we get to put up our tree today but am not going to push it if I can't do it.
I had all of these plans and ideas. I was so excited and inspired. Then, for almost a month now, I have just been surviving and completely housebound. The cold air threatens my chest and potential pneumonia relapse is always a worry. But I can not stay in the house forever. We have done no shopping for each other. What a tough year it has been for us.
I will be so grateful when 2011 is over! Until then, I am going back to bed, at least for now.
3 comments:
Hope you feel better soon, Suzie!
I hope you feel better soon, too! Despite having a flu shot, My Rare One came down with the flu last week. A particularly nasty strain too! So I've been living in The House of Contagion but luckily did not catch it myself. How the hell that happened, I'll never know!
Im glad medication helped some and you didn't wind up in the hospital. My 12 yr old got pneumonia 2 weeks ago too and wound up in ICU for 4 days. Very scary. Take care of yourself and don't worry about the rest. My decorating and holiday plans came to a screeching halt when this happened. It gave me a different perspective for sure.
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