Alaska According to Marie

So... I went home early from work on Wednesday and skipped Bluegrass practice because I had the flu. Those first couple of nights were pretty miserable with the hot/cold and sore body. I was fortunate to only have had the aches and pains but no nauseousness. I was able to eat Thanksgiving dinner with the family and though my throat started hurting that night, I convinced myself that I felt well enough to go shopping with Calli on Black Friday! During the course of Friday, my sore throat progressed and by afternoon I had completely lost my voice.



When I got home my mom told me that it sounded like I had strept. She told me to look at the back of my throat in the mirror and see if I saw any white spots. I looked and the whole back of my throat was white. No spots... just white. I threw up. Mom came in and looked and just sort of gasped and said "Yes. You have strept."

The next morning, Saturday, mom came with me to the hospital where I saw the doctor who quickly suggested that I take the shot for strept and a steroid to control the swelling in my throat. So two shots to the butt later we were back on our way home. I love that steroid shot! Last night was the first night since last Tuesday that I slept comfortable all night. The doc told me that I should be fine to be back at work on Monday.

I stayed home from church today and took it easy on the couch looking at magazines and talking theology with my brother who also stayed home. So... I do believe that the worst of it is over and now its just the residual cough/sneeze. I have my voice mostly back. Hopefully I will be able to be understandable when I answer the phone at work tomorrow.

The family was all over here Thursday night for dessert and games... and mom, those desserts were fantastic!! We were all talking story and I pulled out some old pictures of the family. I got to looking through some more of them and found some nice winter shots to contrast the sunnier pictures in my last blog.