July 22, 2007

  • Thanks to Those Who Prayed

    After my early post Thursday morning, this "cold" turned deadly.  I went to bed Thursday afternoon and was IN bed until this morning, Sunday.  Jesse was able to maneuver his schedule to come home early Friday and be home Saturday and, of course, today.  Luci also got sick.  The last time I had something like this was May of 2006.  I made it through the fall and winter without even catching a cold!

    Rissy took over the house like she was 16 instead of 6!  She has always been good at doing chores and doing them well.  Jesse and I hadn't realized she was as observant as she is until I became ill.  She literally took over the house Thursday.  She did housework without being told, got breakfast and lunch for her and her sisters and cleaned up the mess afterwards.  She brought me appropriate medicine (although the Sudafed was a children's pill) for whatever ailed me.  Decongestants, antihistamines, Ibuprofen, lots of water (and reminded me to keep drinking), etc.  She truly was a blessing. 

    She found a movie they all agreed to watch and kept her sisters occupied in the den so the sound wouldn't bother me.  Things went so smoothly, I remember worrying, at one point, about WHY they were so quiet!  The house remained clean as I heard her clucking like a hen to, "Clean up!" or, "No toys in the den!  Let's go girls!  Get it cleaned up!"  She took care of Luci who also had a sore throat and lost her voice.  Rissy had this same thing earlier and I guess was immune to all of our germs.  I had purchased some Airborne Jr. a while back, and Rissy made sure Annamarie took it to prevent getting what we had - so far, so good!

    Anyway, I'm out of bed today and forcing myself to stay in an upright position.  I don't want to get weaker than I already feel.  Jesse will HAVE to go back to work tomorrow and I'll be on my own again.

    I will call the dentist office tomorrow to see if they can change my Tuesday appointment to the next week and maybe trade appointments with someone who needs to get in sooner.  Since my nose is still congested and I'm coughing so hard, the gas won't do me any good (not always being able to breathe through my nose) and who wants to work on a patient with a cough that sounds like she has the plague?

    I know many of you who read my blog were praying for me.  Thank you.  Thank you for your personal notes, too!  I found a cough pill prescription (I think it was a high dose of Robitussin) from May of 2006 that broke up my chest stuff quickly, this time.  It's a miracle I found that little bottle shoved to the back of my shelves (an answer to prayer).  And, I made it through this with no doctor visits and no antibiotics.  Another answer to everyone's prayers. 

    Thank you!  Thank you!