Friday, December 30, 2022

random truths – Day 1,018 (Friday) – sleeper

Sometime during the night on Thursday into Friday morning, the roulette wheel of symptoms delivered a fresh batch of discomfort. The symptoms that might have been mistaken for a cold if not for the positive COVID test took on new properties. 

During the night, the stomach churned as through we were on the high seas. It woke me and had me wondering if I should go downstairs and fetch a receptacle for any stomach output. It was decided the bedroom wastebasket would suffice, if needed. Luckily, it wasn’t.

The alarm went off as usual, to herald a new workday and cycle of feeding and medicating Winston. There was no false hope this morning. My head throbbed and my stomach performed gymnastic routines. The bare minimum was accomplished upon arising. Food in bowl, insulin in dog, dog outside then back inside. I logged in to work long enough to submit my timecard, update the out of office autoresponder, and send an email. Then it was back to the blessed relief of the horizontal plane where the head throbbed less and the stomach settled a bit.

During the twelve-hour period from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, approximately nine of those hours were spent sleeping. Brief moments of awake time scattered throughout the day were highlighted with a pounding headache that felt better only when laying down. The longest awake period occurred when it was time to feed Win his supper and for a couple hours after. And now it’s back to the comfort of lying down under a pile of blankets.

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