On Thursday I was a little weaker than I should have been when lifting with Matt. On Friday, I was peeing too much (always a sign that my body is trying to flush something) and shivering occasionally. By Saturday I woke up feeling crappy.
Let the record show, I would drive 4 hrs in 90 degree heat with strep throat to cram into stands with the entire commonwealth of Jamaica just to watch Steve race for 4 minutes and just under 2 seconds.
I got home, felt a little better, woke up Sunday, felt awful, watched my fever yo-yo from 102 to nothing and back within hours and so on – still no symptoms but a sore throat. So yes, it’s strep. Steve was hoping for swine flu however.
Me (8:45:50 PM): fever and sore throat mostly
Stephen (8:45:53 PM): well you are obviously infected
Stephen (8:46:00 PM): im watching house as we speak
Me (8:46:02 PM): yeah
Me (8:46:04 PM): sweet
Stephen (8:46:09 PM): and i know that infection causes fever
Me (8:46:14 PM): sure
Stephen (8:46:30 PM): very few virus’ cause fever higher than 100
Me (8:46:38 PM): flu does
Stephen (8:46:48 PM): well thats the one that does
Stephen (8:46:58 PM): flu and swine flu
Stephen (8:47:03 PM): those are the 2
Stephen (8:47:45 PM): enjoy the fever though
Me (8:47:51 PM): heh
Stephen (8:48:04 PM): take some pills to make yourself hallucinate
But strep is a bacteria, and I’m on straight up Penicillin for the first time I can remember. This is only noteworthy because my mother is allergic to Penicillin – I tested negative as a kid, but we’ll see.
Anyway, out of work today, and now that I’m on anti-biotics you better believe I’ll be making the effort to get in there tomorrow. The question comes up – what does one do when he’s off from work yet not entirely with it cognitively? I think the answer is “shiver”.
By the way, it should be noted that Jen has done an excellent job taking care of me, stopping by for the afternoon after church yesterday just to be around, and swinging past once more around 10 at night to give me a damp face cloth and listen to me complain. We’re going to keep her around, yes we will.
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Hope you are feeling better! I am glad you’re going to keep Jen around!