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Yesterday morning my throat hurt. I didn't really think too much of it. I went and got a bottle of NyQuil, took a few slugs and settled into bed. It feels like I don't even know where I've been. Man I got sick. I still am. It wound up that I couldn't swallow and I had to go to the ER this morning. My temp was 104 when I got there. Can you believe that? 104 at my age. I have tonsillitis. I feel like shit. I'm just now eating some canned chicken soup. I love that stuff when I’m sick. But this whole time that I was in bed, sweating and chilling with my mind swarming; I just really miss my mother right now.
Published 6th Nov 2014
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6th Nov 2014 9:17pm
6th Nov 2014 9:45pm
7th Nov 2014 00:12am
7th Nov 2014 6:32pm
7th Nov 2014 5:41pm
I would be anyone's mother if they were sick. Deep down it's only a feeling of something relentless that fills a void by nursing another's pain, I think, we will forever be helpless when we're sick. Regardless, it's thankless when they're up and running, but we give to live and then let live again. Maybe some of the compassion survives. I never thank my mother nearly enough. She was a wonderful Nightingale. Dads can be really good at it too. I think that men touch their egos too often (or better yet, manipulate women to do it for them) ultimately selling themselves short on capabilities of humanness. But I guess that's a different story.
8th Nov 2014 4:14pm
18th Nov 2014 4:01am
Yikes, I hope you feel much better now. Good thing you went to the ER, that is a dangerously high temp for anyone. I hope you remembered to eat all the gelato or ice cream you wanted, to sooth that throat.
18th Nov 2014 6:00am
I am feeling much better, thank you for your good wishes. I love lemon gelato.
