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Done This Week
May. 3rd, 2021 05:14 pm[Content Warning: emetophobia, blood, medical emergencies, hospitalization]
[You know you're in for a wild ride when a weekly progress report comes with those warnings.]
Um. So. This is a day late and a dollar short, as it were. But I figure this is as good a post as any to explain what's happened. Short version, my whole household got food poisoning, nearly fatally so.
My dad showed symptoms first and quickly started vomiting blood. Because somehow, he managed to rupture an artery in his esophagus and was bleeding out into his stomach. So he went to the ER Saturday morning. Mum stayed with him, I stayed home and took care of the animals (and stress cooked, which proved to be totally pointless, since no one wants to eat anything more complex than toast). They stopped the bleed and kept him at the hospital to watch his recovery.
Sunday morning, mum and I both woke up horrifically sick as well. (We're pretty sure we identified the food source that got all of us. No, it wasn't any of my cooking.) You know what sucks about having animals? You still have to feed and water the horses out in the 90 degree sun, even if it means you're intermittently collapsed on the ground, throwing up.
I have had a time, y'all.
I skipped work today. My stomach is better, but the dehydration triggered a migraine. So my skull feels two sizes too small for my brain, and sunlight is even more poisonous than usual to me. Mum's feeling mostly better. Dad got a transfusion this afternoon, because his blood levels aren't good yet. So he'll be there for a while more.
And I...guess I will be going back to work tomorrow. Fun. Neat.
Lewisia: 0 new pieces written, so now I get to play catch-up on top of everything...
Gratitude journaling: 35 new entries
Tumblr queue: 35 posts added
Day job: 42 hours
Cooking: sauteed mushrooms to mix into turkey burgers, vanilla custard and mixed berry jam to fill cream pan, corn salsa, guacamole, some sort of half-assed satay chicken
[You know you're in for a wild ride when a weekly progress report comes with those warnings.]
Um. So. This is a day late and a dollar short, as it were. But I figure this is as good a post as any to explain what's happened. Short version, my whole household got food poisoning, nearly fatally so.
My dad showed symptoms first and quickly started vomiting blood. Because somehow, he managed to rupture an artery in his esophagus and was bleeding out into his stomach. So he went to the ER Saturday morning. Mum stayed with him, I stayed home and took care of the animals (and stress cooked, which proved to be totally pointless, since no one wants to eat anything more complex than toast). They stopped the bleed and kept him at the hospital to watch his recovery.
Sunday morning, mum and I both woke up horrifically sick as well. (We're pretty sure we identified the food source that got all of us. No, it wasn't any of my cooking.) You know what sucks about having animals? You still have to feed and water the horses out in the 90 degree sun, even if it means you're intermittently collapsed on the ground, throwing up.
I have had a time, y'all.
I skipped work today. My stomach is better, but the dehydration triggered a migraine. So my skull feels two sizes too small for my brain, and sunlight is even more poisonous than usual to me. Mum's feeling mostly better. Dad got a transfusion this afternoon, because his blood levels aren't good yet. So he'll be there for a while more.
And I...guess I will be going back to work tomorrow. Fun. Neat.
Lewisia: 0 new pieces written, so now I get to play catch-up on top of everything...
Gratitude journaling: 35 new entries
Tumblr queue: 35 posts added
Day job: 42 hours
Cooking: sauteed mushrooms to mix into turkey burgers, vanilla custard and mixed berry jam to fill cream pan, corn salsa, guacamole, some sort of half-assed satay chicken
