not food poisoning
Well, being sick sucks. I don't think I've had a real stomach illness in at least 8 years. They are few and far between for me. Unfortunately, I have one now.
It all started Saturday night. when I cooked dinner for Lori, and within about two hours knew something was seriously wrong with my stomach. I had hoped it was just indegestion or something stupid, and kept it to myself. About two hours later however, I knew it was something worse. From about midnight until about 6am I did not sleep, and was in some of the worst pain I've had in a long time. Every last ounce of food and water was rejected, and I lay there in a pile of cold sweat and pain. After that things got better.
Lori took care of me Sunday, while I still had stomach pains, a horrendous headache, and a fever as high as 101.4, I was functioning. I was sure to stay away from her for the most part so she didn't get sick. Monday I stayed home from work, but still felt pretty good in the scheme of things. I read some email, did a little bit of work, and hung out around the house. Lori came over after work, and we went out and did some Christmas shopping. I was feeling pretty good. At this point, it was 48 hours after the initial pains and I felt 85%, I was convinced I was getting over the final stages of food poisoning.
So Lori was home by 10pm, and I was still awake at about 3am. My stomach was bothering me and I could not fall asleep. It would be alright though I told myself, it was just indigestion from dinner.
I was wrong. I woke up at about 6am with bad pain in my stomach again. Lori called to wake me up at 7am like I'd asked her the night before, only to reveal she had been having the same problems since 2am. So not only did I diagnose wrong, but I infected her.
So I'm on day two of staying home from work, on what was supposed to be a three day work week, with me having the rest of the year off. I have three things to accomplish before I can go on vacation, let's hope I can get them done by Friday.
Lori hasn't called me back, and I'm considering driving over to check up on her.. Except I don't want to wake her, if she is actually successfully sleeping. If I don't hear from her by late afternoon I'll head over with some water and easy to eat food.
So; I've got Lori sick, I suck; My vacation is starting late, that sucks; and I'm sick, it sucks.