Bubbles in my think tank

Flu Day 1(Friday) ~ Blek
Kids up and to school. Kathy did carpool...thank goodness.
Lay in the bed all day wishing Jesus would come.

Flu Day 2(Saturday) ~ Worse
Don't think I've ever felt so bad in my whole life.
Not moving.

Flu Day 3(Sunday) ~ Can it get worse?
I KNOW I have never felt so bad in my whole life.
Since my head lays flat most of the time I've started counting the stripes in my sheets. And rearranging sentences to see which way sounds better. Don't care about tv, computer or anything else. I just don't want to move.

Sunday night ~ Ambulance ride....so dehydrated I scared the jeepers out of my dear sweet hubby so he called them in for back up. Went to the ER for some much needed fluids.

Flu Day 4(Monday) ~ What started out as the flu we found out went to dehydration and then a severe kidney infection. The nurse left me in here for EVER without answering 6 calls. Not that I was being a bad patient but I needed to pee for crying out loud and I knew I wouldn't be able to get up without falling over. I just wanted her to know. So I called in the calvary....my mom. She took care of everything. :O) Dear God am I ever going to feel better. Thank you Lord for Kathy. I am so thankful not to have to worry about picking up Owen and Jacob at school.

Flu Day 5(Tuesday) ~ Still in the hospital on all kinds of medicines. Feel somewhat better but still very nauseated. Been holding down some fruit and really only want cold stuff to eat. Can't decide what taste good to drink though. I'm still so thirsty but I think my taste buds have completely fallen off.

Tuesday night ~ HOME and straight to throw up. Aren't you suppose to feel better when you get out of the hospital? Hmmmm. Mom came and cooked for the boys. She and Ben have taken such good care of me.

Flu Day 6(Wednesday) ~ My friend Shellie took me to my Dr. Appt. All went well. Took me off most the meds I left the hospital with. THANK GOODNESS. Some were just making me feel worse. My friend Laura brought our Wednesday night meal from church spaghetti with meat sauce or chicken and white sauce and cupcakes. The kids loved it.

Flu Day 7 (Thursday) ~ I'm ALIVE! Still somewhat nauseated but MUCH better. Eating a little bit more but still wary. I sure don't want to get sick to my stomach. Antonia brought THE BEST taco soup and my kids ate that stuff up like crazy after school. She also made cornbread muffins, which I love, and brownies with toasted pecans and a marshmallow sitting on top of each one. O!M!G! those were the best brownies I've ever had. Everything that taste good to me taste EXTRA good now...because I've not tasted much in so long? Who cares? They were AWESOME! My neighbors brought over a pork loin and stuff and I ate. I ate. And it was good.

Flu Day 8(Friday) ~ I'm so happy to say that last Friday is forever ago! This has been the very worst week of my entire life. Really. I have never been so sick. Ever ever ever. Maybe God was trying to slow me down....I don't know. I talked to him a lot this week. While I was rearranging sentences and counting stripes in my sheets. I talked to Him a lot and learned a lot. Now I have a lot to work out and do. I'm so grateful to have friends and neighbors and church family that take care of my family while I've been sick. Heather brought over chicken pockets. You would have though my kids had gone to Heaven. Have you ever had chicken pockets? Yuuummmm.

SATURDAY!
So this is the end of this pitiful post. The end of my scribblings from the week. Today is a new day, I'm feeling better and closer to normal than I have in a while. The boys are so happy to have me awake and aware and my sweet dear husband who waited on my every need no matter what time of day or night is probably relieved and thankful to God that I'm not leaving this earth yet. I can't tell you how unbelievably worried he was. I love him so and it breaks my heart to worry him.
Carlene brought us dinner, roast beef, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and a BUTTERMILK PIE! I think this is an occasion to have dessert first don't you?
Hope you're having a blessed weekend!
Tracie


ps sorry about the typos!