Greetings from The Sickroom
I have been postless much longer than anticipated. That “whine/wine” flu hit me really hard - actually it knocked me on my ass.
This is what greeted me when I looked in the mirror this morning. My pink nose bothers me the most. Seriously, I haven’t been on top of the world. Three weeks ago I began noticing several lumps on my right leg. As the days went by, the area around these welts became redder and redder. Then one morning I awakened to find a welt above my left eye. In panic mode, I made a Doctor’s appointment. After tests, I was diagnosed with a drug-resistant, systemic staph infection. It apparently settled in the valves in my leg. (I didn’t even know that legs had valves. Can one turn these valves on and release fat?) Because the infection was drug resistant, I had to take two of the new “super antibiotics.” The big fear was that the staph might possibly attack Perpetua. Let me tell you that these pills are called “super” because they make you super sick, but I had no other options I just have two days of medication left. Boo Hoo. It sucks to be me.
