Operating In Crisis Mode

Come a day - come a day, I hear him say
Come a day when we shall meet again
And each come a day, we'll remember when ............ just you and me, my dear friend

 

Yeah, nice. I always hoped he did well. He had a reputation as a goof off when I met him, llike a talented student but bored, no incentives. I was a new sergeant. He happened to like me. I gave him responsibility. He shined.

 

You made an impact on each other

 

An ordeal. You seem to handle and get through a crisis well.

 

Make sure you are drinking enough so you don't get dehydrated @Bill Boggs. I'm so sorry you and your wife are going through this.

 

We are still ill but we're coping. Last night we had the first hour of quitness since before I went in the hospital. Sweet bliss. We have a couple of problems. My wife has no teeth. She talks funny. We are both hard of hearing. If it were not so bad it would be a comedy of errors. She asks, "I like a glass of ice water." I can't hear her nor understand her if I did. Communication is more difficult and it can get frustrating for both parties. It is going to be several days before this gets much better.

I fixed her breakfast. Two pancakes and an egg, coffee, syrup, jellie. I had ebough batter left over for one pancake for myself. She ate about half hers. Mine was like rubber, unedible. Don't know how hers was.
Cooking to me is like trying to learn a foreign launguage. It can be done but not in the crisis of the moment. She is a sleep. A few moments of reprieve. I've gathered up all the house trash, including the stuff in the refridge that's outdated or I don't want to stick in a new unit. I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I hope so. This is my third day of diarrhea. I hope that fades away.

 

On this tale of woe and more
With this writ I close the door

To open up with something new

You look for me and I'll look for you.

 

@Bill Boggs , the diarrhea might be coming from taking the antibiotics. They destroy the good intestinal bacteria, too. Get some yogurt and eat it. Or get some probiotic capsules and take them.

 

Thanks @Shirley Martin.

 

Yep, any time you are on oral antibiotics, you should take probiotics. Yogurt is good, but good probiotics have a wider variety of bacteria and are usually protected in some way from the digestive juices in the stomach. The exception would be SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth) brought on by long- term use of PPIs (Nexium, Prilosec, etc.) when you would be taking antibiotics to CURE the bacteria in the small intestine. Probiotics would be counterproductive then.

 

Hello @Bill Boggs

Its been a while Bill - hope you are well

 

I agree , I hope you're ok @Bill Boggs ..I know you were really poorly...

Tomorrow I'm going into hospital myself for some invasive tests... should be back home in 24 hours if all goes well

 

Good luck with the tests, Holly. I hope all goes well!

 

.. have been wondering about you..please get well