From Fluids to Strep

Katy and I have gone from a bad case of the fluids to having strep throat! I think I have only had this once before and to say if feels like I am swallowing razor blades doesn't seem so dramatic. Katy has lost 5 pounds since last Thursday night, but no signs of dehydration. We have told her that if she doesn't take her medicine and drink then we will have to lift flight her to John Hopkins to get an IV needle in her arm for her meds and fluids and I pick up the phone and pretend to place that call. Don't judge me...she is not dehydrated and after all when we look at the big picture that is what is most important! I on the other hand don't have a number to report to you....but at the doctor's today I was quite impressed with the number on the scale since I was fully clothed with shoes on!! Ahhh...the silver lining. Why as women do we do this to our selves? Also, Vitamin Water makes a 10 calorie version and it is quite refreshing when eaten with a spoon as a slushie. It has become a favorite.

My mom came this past weekend and we(I) were(was) so glad to have her although in my head I like to believe she came to take care of HER baby, I was just glad it all coincided on the weekend her grandson had Pine Wood Derby(that will be another post). She kept everything under control, not one time did I come down stairs to think "how am I ever going to dig myself out of this" when I was feeling better. She brought warm chamomile tea with honey, oatmeal on the runny side so it was easy to swallow, made some soup and there was always a vitamin water slushie when I asked. When she left last night to go home, I cried....asked how could she leave me at time like this?....didn't she love me?....I told her she couldn't leave me alone with these people!....BLAH BLAH BLAH....She mention something about them being my husband and son and they loved me. Well this is my case in point....I asked for something for breakfast this morning and the man I agreed to spend my life with(it was the big diamond, I never seen anything like it before) that supposedly loves me so much brought me Tomato Vegetable Soup from a can. See you all thought I was being a baby and dramatic. Well I decided to handle the situation like any mature woman of the 21st century, immediately called my mom and told her she was not allowed to go on vacations with us any more until she retired! There......now she will have the time to take off work to take care of me when I get Strep again. That was her excuse for not staying she had no vacation days left.

BTW..Safeway has a promotion until the end of the month for free antibiotics, so Katy and I got our meds for free!!! Made them a little easier to swallow.