Being Sick

Well, I'm on Day 7 of a nasty sick spell. This is one of the worst I've had in quite a while now. A couple years ago I was sick following Thanksgiving for four days when I thought death was certain. Eventually, after spending several hundred dollars on tests that I was told were "inconclusive" we never did find out what was wrong. I wanted to tell the hospital that our payment amount was "inconclusive" since they didn't really tell me anything. That didn't work and I had to pay up anyhow. That was a 4 day troubling sickness.

This time around, last week Thursday afternoon, I felt the sore throat set in and then Friday the cold and cough set in. The sore throat ended up getting so bad I ended up sending myself to the hospital on Sunday morning to get drugs to get relief so I could even just swallow. I did get some cough syrup with some other drugs, but all that did was make me tired, it didn't really do much for me. So Monday I followed up with the doctor and he took me off the medication telling me the virus that both Olivia and I had (only Olivia didn't have the sore throat) would run through soon. Well, Monday night, my sinuses backed up and formed a Sinus Infection. That was tons of fun. I spent all day Tuesday with my head trying to explode, and finally on Wednesday, saw a different doctor because mine was out of the office, and I was sent home with a small pharmacy. Thank goodness we met the insurance deductible. After a few hours on the drugs I felt like a human again, and am continuing to improve daily.

Heather is another story. She is having issues of her own and is pretty much out of commission. We are trying to get her problems with her back figured out, and it's pretty rough around here. So, we called in a person that we had to talk really hard to to get to come and take care of Big O. Grandma.....Grandma arrived last night and has proceeded to spoil Olivia for the past day. This has really crossed into some bad timing, as I'm quite busy refereeing 4 to 5 nights a week, and that leaves Big O and Heather to fend for themselves. It's rough right now, but we'll enjoy it in November when the extra cash is in. Well, we'll see how the next couple of days go! This has also really cut into our fun/social calendar. We were planning trips to take in the Big One, the South Dakota State Fair. But, with the troubles we've had here with all three of us, it looks like we're staying put for a relaxing long weekend, Honestly, I'm ok with that, but it's a bummer to cancel plans and stay put. Maybe next year when we go on the faris wheel ride, Big O can go along with us. Did I ever tell the story now of why we call her Big O? There is another Olivia at day care. One of my co-workers had a baby AFTER us and named her Olivia as well. Copycat. Anyhow, her daughter goes to the same day care, and there was a vote held amongst the children on how to tell them apart since they have the same name. One of the votes was "Hairy Olivia" (ours) and "Bald Olivia" (the other Olivia is bald). The other thought was use the middle names. Our Olivia is Olivia Hope, the other is Olivia Grace. So there is hope and grace at daycare! It ended up being just Big O and LIttle O. I'm sure we'll have to come up with some explanation to Olivia some day, and tell her it's nothing personal!