The antibiotic is doing it’s job. I slept a lot, drank a lot of fluids, rested and drank hot decaf tea. I was a good patient. So thank goodness I’m back to feeling a lot better.
I was able to leave the house for a few hours on Friday. I got some of the last minute Christmas shopping done. I helped to plan the menus for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I didn’t overdo it but when I got home, I felt exhausted. So I gave in and took a long winter nap.
Today I got some grocery shopping done and picked up some stocking stuffers. I slept again. I’m just giving in to my body when it’s telling me to sleep.
Tomorrow it’s off to church and then to get some more presents with Hubby. We enjoy doing the real last minute shopping together. I’m happy to say that I actually found a few gifts for him, not too expensive but things I hope he’ll like.
So off to bed soon. My nap made me feel like I can’t sleep tonight. I figured I get some blogging done and visit my friend’s blogs too.
“Children are walking germs,” my neurologist told me when he learned by accident that I was volunteering at Peanut’s school. He has two of his own and knows Peanut well. He didn’t mean it in a bad way, just as a warning.
Someone like me who is on immune suppressant medications shouldn’t be around a large group of children. What do you do then when your own child is sick?
There’s not much really. You wash your hands until they’re dried up prunes. You may even wear a mask around her. But in the end, you know you’re going to catch it. And that I did.
I now have the cough, cold, stuffy nose, sneezy, head hurting, energy sapping sickness that Peanut had. Back to bed so I can get to sleep again. It hurts to type, to look at this screen and even to sit up.
See you when I’m feeling better…
Tomorrow is the big day, one of the biggest in my life so far. My oldest dd, Lady Ali is graduating from college with a Bachelor’s Degree. She’s soon to be 21 and she had to take semester off for surgery and she’s worked full time most of the time she’s been in school. Now if that ain’t bragging rights I don’t know what is.
We’re celebrating this whole weekend and treating her like the deserving princess she is. So I’ll be gone until either late Sunday or Monday.
Remember my recent post on Olive the Other Reindeer? As I was trying to find Graduation cards in December (not happening - too ugly - went with congratulations) I was thinking of how quirky my dd is. She’s like me in a lot of ways. She’d love the Olive the Other Reindeer DVD, Heroes Season One because she never had time to watch it and maybe even Angel - The Complete Series Collector Set.
Her birthday’s coming up and I may surprise her early.
Poor Peanut is sick with an awful cough. Took her the pediatrician yesterday and sat in the “sick” waiting room. The room is separated by the well room by nothing, no wall, no window just some space. It would be funny if it wasn’t scary. I wore my mask to try to alleviate germs from the little ones around us that were coughing into the air, wiping snot in their sleeves and walking around touching my stuff.
The nurse gave me some antibacterial spray (cool) for my hands as we waited. When we got in to see the doctor he examined Peanut and listened carefully to her lungs. I swore I heard wheezing but he didn’t. I guess that’s why he’s the doctor.
We got a prescription for cough medicine and when I explained about having to go out of town on Friday he gave me an RX for an antibiotic. He said to use it if she didn’t get better in three days. I gave it to her tonight as she’s running a fever now.
I have to share some of the things that Peanut said to the doctor. As sick as she was she still had us rolling. She told him that she liked the allergist because he was “doctorish”. Then when Dr said to drink plenty of fluids she asked if dipping cookies in milk counted as drinking fluids. He got some good laughs out of her and told me that he’s seen a big improvement in her anxiety.
Praise God for that! Now to get her feeling better.
We all know about the regular Christmas cartoons that we grew up with and now share with our children. And even some movies. There’s Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph and A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Of course there’s also It’s A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Story and even Nightmare Before Christmas for the movies.
But have you ever heard of this Christmas cartoon? It’s one of my favorites and I’m sad to know that it’s not being shown on any of the major channels - Olive the Other Reindeer. You can check out when it’s being played on Toon and MyNetwork. Do yourself a favor and watch it. I really think you’ll enjoy it.
Maybe you can start a new Christmas tradition with this cartoon. Please let me know if you liked it!
Our health insurance doesn’t cover massages unless it’s included with physical therapy. Since I have Myasthenia Gravis physical therapy is pretty much a waste of time. I can’t strengthen muscles that are weak. And some (most) PT’s don’t get that fact.
I do try to keep as active as possible in my own ways. But with Fibromyalgia, Rhuematoid Arthritis and Sjogren’s Syndrome I’m living in pain constantly. I’m at the point in my life where that’s what I do, just live with it.
A massage though is often very refreshing especially when the therapist knows not to overdo it on me. My Mom has a massage chair and when I visit I’ll sit there for a while and fall asleep while it’s working on me.
A Human Touch HT 7450 Zero Gravity Massage Chair is one of the latest and greatest Massage Chairs available at HumanTouch.com. This chair makes you feel like you’re weightless, like a astronaut because of the way it tilts your body. And it even has a memory foam cushion from NASA.
You can adjust the type of pressure, the headrest, the height of the footrest, the width of the calf and thigh massage points and other options too. There’s even an area of heat in the lower back.
The HT 7450 Chair is made of leather and available in black or dark chocolate. This type of massage chair and the other products from HumanTouch.com would make me a very happy and relaxed person.
