Almost Laughable…

It’s become so sad, it’s almost laughable.

By now, everyone knows about Shelley’s previous scare and ongoing problem (I won’t elaborate on that at right now because I’m not sure she wants it all over the web)…and now I can add to the list of maladies and hitches our family is having. I’ll start at the beginning:

We all know that I have been trying to get rid of the warts on my feet — without much success — and I still have about 6 of them that are being difficult. Well, the latest scheme involves painting them once a week with a chemical called DPCP, which is supposed to cause an allergic reaction, and thus, cause your body to attack the warts. Well, I DID that for three weeks, with no effect at all. Nothing. However, when I did it last week, I got boils and blisters galore. Yay! I thought. It’s working. And it was. It happens that I was also coming down with a cold, probably due to the stress with Shelley’s problem, but the two are unrelated.

Flash forward a couple days. I’m getting over my cold, but on Tuesday night, I start getting a fever. Not a really high one, 101.5F or so, but I was a little concerned that my foot might be infected, so I went to the local clinic.

“No, no”, says the doctor, “your foot looks fine. You just have a virus. Get some rest and it’ll clear up.”

So I went home, had a HORRIBLE fever sleep and slept most of the next day too. Every time I closed my eyes it was 2 hours later.

In the mean time, Shelley is having REALLY bad cramps and puking, so we’re both home in bed, sick.

Then, yesterday morning, I noticed a pretty big, tender lump in my groin — so tender it hurt to walk at times. So I went back to the clinic.

“Oooo! That foot’s infected”, says a different doctor.

Thanks! Could have used that advice two nights ago! I might even feel better by now.

Now I’m on antibiotics, soaking my foot daily in salty water and feeling totally run down. I’m obviously still fighting it. The lump swelling has gone down some, but it’s still tender. It’s obviously a swollen lymph node from FIGHTING INFECTION!

Flash forward to today: both Shelley and I are feeling a bit better — She’s certainly 100% yet, but she’s up and going to work although she gets tired quickly and doesn’t feel very good, but between us, we’re getting there. I think I will feel a lot better when her problem is all cleared up…hopefully before Christmas. Maybe I’ll feel better physically by then too!

I feel pretty guilty knowing that Shelley is under the weather for a REAL reason and now is my time to step up to the plate and get stuff done, but it’s awfully hard when you can’t even get out of bed! We’re all crabby and sore, crotchety and angry. Now the kids are getting in on it too!

Next Saturday we go to Mexico. I really feel like this trip is doomed in some way, though I hope not. As Joan said, maybe we’re just getting everything out of the way so we can go to Mexico and sit in the pool and enjoy it. I hope so, I’m tired of the misery!