Wow, have I been out of it.  I worked last Saturday night and began to feel like I had the flu at work.  I made it through my shift, but felt pretty wiped out and every bones in my body ached.  I drove home and went to bed, assuming I had the flu.  Sandy even bought me some flu medicine, and I called in sick to work Sunday.  Sunday night I awoke with a very sore leg and a fever of 103F.  I had a nasty redness forming on my left leg, which was hot to the touch, and along with the fever I knew this was not good.  Sandy took my to the E.R. that morning, and I have Cellulitis of the leg.  Very painful, and very serious if left untreated.  I was prescribed an oral antibiotic, pain meds, and sent home with instructions to keep my leg elevated, use hot compresses, and stay home  from work for at least 2 days, and follow up with my doctor the following day.

My doctor prescribed a second oral antibiotic  to go along  with the first one, along with more pain meds. He also said I need to stay off my feet and out of work for the rest of the week.  So here I sit, in front of the computer, leg elevated (on top of a tower PC on the floor).  For the first few days I was pretty out of it.  There was a lot of pain, so I rested most of the time, alternating between the bed and my recliner in the living room.  On the bright side though, I was able to watch the entire 15-hour mini-series of Kingdom Hospital in 2 days!  Now if that doesn’t scare me away from wanting to go back to work at a large hospital, nothing will!

I’m feeling much better now.  There’s not much pain today, mostly major itching where the redness is (which is also much less than before).  But I just wanted to let everyone know what’s been going on.  I’ve missed many phone calls and messages this week, so I’m just now trying to get back to everyone and get caught up with things again.

So basically, with watching Kingdom Hospital and having this big health scare, this is turning out to be a pretty scary Halloween season!  It’s time to get out to a haunted house or two, visit a few pumpkin farms, and do some carving to get in the mood!