I have had an enormous battle being sick this past month. It all started with the flu. I was throwing up, diarrhea, chills, aches, fever, etc... it lasted a little over a week . Luckily, whenever I get sick, it starts close to the weekend. Jake was an amazing help with Sawyer and also taking care of me. He would be an amazing nurse. :) When Monday hit Jake had to go back to school and I thought I was going to die trying to take care of Sawyer and myself. Luckily Jake's school got out early (noon) on Monday and Tuesday. It was a blessing for me. On Wednesday I was forced to go to the Dr by Jake. I went and found out that I had a UTI. So I got some antibiotics for that. While I was taking the antibiotics I never felt good. I assumed it was still the flu, but it wasn't. After I had finished the last pill of antibiotics I woke up the next morning with a rash down my spin. The rash then started creeping all over my body. The rash turned into large red liquid filled bumps all over my body! My limbs were swollen and I felt like I had bruises all over my body. I looked like I had the plague.
I went back to the Dr. and had to get two thick steroid shots on my bum cheeks. Sawyer witness me receiving the shots and still remembers it to this day. Just day he softly pats my bum and said " shots, let me see, kiss it."
My Dr said I was allergic to the meds. So I had to take another set of pills to help get rid of the reaction. When I started taking them my rash turn into bruises, which made me look even more scary. I didn't go anywhere for a while. One of the side affect of taking the pills for me was I was very antsy. I got so many projects done! I stayed up till 2-3 in the morning and woke up at 5am it was crazy.
I remember looking back awhile ago and thinking how great life was and then saying to myself, "oh no, what trial is coming." :) Being sick for the past month was hard for me and for my family. It affected all of us. I grateful for having a healthy body most of the time.
