I've been sick.

I have been sick for the past week and still feel pretty crappy. Last, last Thursday evening Kaitlin started complaining she wasn't feeling well. By Friday morning it was quite evident she was sick, so she stayed home from school. She was sick through the weekend, and on Monday morning was still not well. Monday evening, when I left work for the day, I noticed a bit of a scratchiness in my throat, but thought nothing of it. By the time we sat down for supper I was feeling like I was getting sick and my throat was hurting pretty good. By the time I went to bed, early that evening I was sick. Head pounding hurt, raw throat, fever, every muscle in my body aching fiercely. My fingernails were screaming at me to stop the hurt. I was so surprised at how fast it all came on. I went from noticing a little something in my throat to full blown in bed flu within 3 hours. I can't remember being that sick in over 10 years.

Kaitlin has not been back to school yet. It has been 9 days for her today and she is still worn down tired and ache-y. I have been able to predict every thing I have experienced exactly 4 days after her. We took K up to the hospital one evening last week. I thought if she isn't getting any better after 5 days, it's time to have an university educated health care person give me some input. The doctor said she was the same as the previous 75 kids he had seen that day. Take her home, put her in bed, give her whatever cough/cold medicine she prefers, control the fever with acetaminophen and don't send her back to school for the rest of the week.

I was 24 hours into my sickness at that time, and at that point scared.

Since the first 36 hours I have been very slowly feeling a little better each day. I missed 3 days of work and count myself lucky that was all. K is going back to school tomorrow. I think although it will most likely tire her, it will also do her good to give her eyes a chance to view something other than the TV screen or the back of her eyelids. She has been sleeping around 12 to 14 hours a day.

Now the good news. I am going to fly to BC in May. I am going to fly for the very first time in my life and I will be doing it all by myself. I am both excited and nervous about the plane ride.