friday

I left work early thursday.
i was sick.
i had stopped taking the antivirals on tuesday because of an upset stomach............by thursday i was having severe stomach cramps and fatigue................the medicine also made my sinuses feel like they were stuffed with cement...it was horrible.........come thursday, 2 days after no antiviral, my sinuses were opening back up but my sense of smell was hyper sensitive............so the combination of an upset stomach and hyper sensitivity to smells was all it took to make me barf up my insides for 24 hours.

boyfriend was good to me.
he made me hot tea that i didn't drink..........brought me tissues for my nose.......and stood behind me as i vomited. he brought extra blankets to cover me with when i shivered with fever, and even put the couch pillows on top of me per my request to help warm me up when i was chilling. (he laughed at me when i asked him to cover me with the pillows....but he did it anyway. :O) )
i woke this morning feeling somewhat better. i was able to drink some hot tea............and then i sucked the juice out of some grapes. i think i was dehydrated and my body was screaming out for fluids.
i've spent today in bed. i feel better but i also feel extremely fatigued, and sore..................while resting i received calls from the hr director, my don, my new work friend , and 1 of my nurse asst.......................all of them called to let me know we had a perfect state survey. (I was very touched that they thought to call me)
long term care facilities are the single most regulated businesses..........even more so than nuclear power plants. a perfect survey is a big deal........and i mean a really big deal!
we worked hard......lots of energy and effort. so i feel pretty proud right now. :O) but i'm wiped, and so i'm going back to bed.