At first I thought it was due to my overindulgence at girls night in. There was vodka involved, and the Sex in the City movie, and it was a blast!
But by Sunday (girls night in was Friday) when I wasn't feeling better I started to think I may have caught a bug. By Tuesday when my throat felt so raw I couldn't eat or drink, I went to instacare. I was told I probably had the flu, but they did a quick strep test just to check. Test came back negative, so I head home to rest.
Thursday I finally stop having fevers, and I get a positive on my ovulation test, so I
Friday night I come home, after spending 8 hours at work catching up with everyone and on all the work I missed, I get a call from the instacare doc. He had run another strep test, a three day culture, and it came back positive. I had to start antibiotics immediately, and I was contagious until I was on them for 24 hours. I sent text messages to the people I like at work apologizing for potentially infecting them.
Saturday I got even more sick, but that turned out to be a blessing. You see, my mom came up and saved me, took me back to her house to pamper me and make me feel better. And since I was at her house I got to hang out with my old dog Sparky (someday I'll tell you why he was so special) I got to nap with him, play with him, and generally just hang out with this little white dog that I'd rescued 6 years earlier.
My mom had to put Sparky down yesterday. It's probably the hardest thing I've gone through in a long time. Sparky saved my life in a lot of ways. He had a stroke yesterday morning, and couldn't walk. He lost all control of his muscles and had a couple of accidents. My mom said you could tell he wasn't happy. She took him in that afternoon and had him put to sleep. My heart is broken. I know he's someplace better, and I know he's no longer in pain, but I want him back.
I hate having to let go of animals. It is absolutely heartbreaking. The same thing happened to one of our dogs... he had a seizure and lost control of his legs and everything else so we had to have him put to sleep that afternoon.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you're feeling better and I'm glad that you are back to blogging.
I'm so so sorry about your dog. That must be very hard :(
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry about your dog :( I agree it's one of the hardest things to do :(
ReplyDeleteI'm so sad about Sparky. At least you got to spend a little cuddle time with him before the end. Sniffle...
ReplyDeleteBTW, way to rally and BD while being sick. You are one determined gal!