Flattened; also vain

[radegund]

Friends, I am flattened. First (last Tuesday) I got tonsillitis. Then niallm conceded that the nasty cough he had was serious; came home from work; went to the doctor and got diagnosed with a chest infection; started taking antibiotics; proceeded to have really high temperatures for several days; saw no improvement in the cough; injured his back on Saturday afternoon by being racked by a coughing spasm just as he leaned forward to pick something up; passed out (twice) shortly before midnight on Saturday; saw another doctor in the small hours of Sunday; and started taking a second lot of antibiotics, plus steroids, painkillers and sleeping tablets. Which brings us to yesterday, when I was due to go back to work. Only What With One Thing And Another™, my tonsils hadn't cleared up. So I went back to the doctor and got another prescription, and I'm certified sick until the end of the week.

It's not the sickness that's knocked me out, really. It's the fact that Niall actually couldn't leave his bed for several days, and now he can't lift Oisín until further notice, so I've been doing more than usual. But the sickness isn't helping. I hope the drugs work. (Normally, I'm very leery of taking antibiotics, but there comes a time...)

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So! Take my mind off it!

[Poll #588903]

Comments

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I like "DESCHOOLED". (But am I? *agonises*)

[ailbhe]

deschooling?

[ailbhe]

Yes, I know, it was a suggestion of a tense R might be more comfortable with.

I continue to read up on Home Education. I know my home life damaged me, but school really, really didn't help.

[niallm.livejournal.com]

Bizarrely enough, one of my ex-girlfriends was responsible for that graffiti.

[ailbhe]

I've had it on my satchel for years.

[mollydot.livejournal.com]

I love that phrase.
Oh! That could go on the hoodie.

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Hee! That's exactly what I thought, too!

[niallm.livejournal.com]

Hopefully won't be too ill. Will communicate soon.

[ainetl.livejournal.com]

there should be some sort of law of the universe that two parents of a small child never get sick at the same time. it's just not fair! take care and feel better soon.

[kulfuldi.livejournal.com]

Hope you all feel better soon!