lunabella007
Day 19 Post-Op OMG!
Jun 27, 2012
I'm SOOOO tired. Sweet Baby, Mother, and Joseph, I'm exhausted!My husband contracted Legionnaires disease and is coughing up blood, my mother in law has been diagnosed with senile dementia (and it's getting worse quickly), I'm trying to take care of them both which is not easy since I don't know how to drive, and I'm having the worst time in the world just getting my butt in gear!
Exhausted, yes. I'm afraid that I'm getting sick too. The lady from disease control said that I should look out for fever, chills, aching joints and muscles, fatigue, and possible nausea. That's for Pontiac Fever, which is basically Legionnaires lite.
Jim had a fever of 104.6 the other day. Today, mine is 101. But in this heat (it was 90* today) it was more than enough to sap the life out of me.
I'm having trouble staying hydrated since I can't seem to sip enough water, and I'm sweating all the time. I just wanna gulp it down by the bucket full!
On the positive side, today I ate two black seedless grapes, chewed them up like the dickens and had no trouble at all! God, I missed fruit! I had half a mashed banana with a drizzle of honey for breakfast, and it was excellent. I'm well into the puree phase of my diet, but I'm finding that I'm able to "puree" many foods well enough in my mouth that I can have the pleasure of chewing again. I had some diced peaches in their natural juices yesterday for a snack and that was really nice!
It's amazing how thrilling it is to eat simple, whole foods. It's like being a baby again, re-learning how to taste, and enjoy, all kinds of foods!
