Beer Run!!

B, double –e, double-r, u, n. Beer run!

I went on a beer run today, without the first “be.” In other words, I went on an ER Run.

I was up early and went out to take care of some business. Got home before Ben ran off to work, so we talked a bit and then I went to lie down. I was tired!!!!

So, from about 12PM to 5PM I stayed in bed. I would awaken for a while and then go back to sleep. I thought about getting up and getting my pain meds ‘cause my liver was killing me, but didn’t even have the energy to do that. I’ve learned; the pain meds are at my bedside now.

But I just felt crappy. So when I woke up enough, I took my temperature and found that I was 101.3 which is above the 100.5 threshold that I’ve been told about. So I called the clinic and eventually got the on-call doc. She sent me to the ER for a look.

My blood tests are pretty good, my neutraphils are somewhere in the 80’s which is great!! Neutraphils are the little buggers that kill cancer cells!

But why did I have the fever? I did forget that the Packer Candy contained acetaminophen, which actually lowers temperatures. So all those temps just below 100 that I've been talking about are due to the PC lowering my fevers; my temps are actually higher.

But what is causing the fever? The blood tests and a couple of x-rays don’t seem to answer that question. So they are going to do some blood cultures to see if there is an infection somewhere in my body. Like a hip joint maybe? I’ll find out Monday.

In the meantime, I’m supposed to rest. So I brought the computer into the bedroom along with my Igloo cooler set up to run on house current. I have all my cool drinks right here by my bed. If I rest anymore, I’m going to have to have you guys stay in bed for me!! Think you can handle that?

But while I was at the ER I went from hot and sweaty to kinda cool. And after not having anything to eat all day, I ended up feeling hungry on the way home at 9:00 PM.

What a day!

Kunolunkwa, y te quiero!