Figment wrote:I've fallen to pieces over the last week. Lack of sleep and general dehydration (like never stopping to take photos, I never stop to drink till it's too late) set in pretty early. Then some flu symptoms. Now a big swollen knee that won't bend.
No amount of Naproxen was helping the knee, and the flu symptoms had drained my energy to the point that nothing was getting done anyway, so I quit at noon tuesday and went to the emergency room.
It's called "cellulitis". The infection in the leg had the knee tissue swollen to the point that it
felt like a torn ligament, all the while assaulting my immune system giving me a wicked fever. Some IV antibiotics made me a new man, though, so I got a TON of work done the next day before returning to the clinic (hobbling and feverish) for the followup visit.
Now I ask you.... If after many months of labor, your boat is to be launched (or wait several more weeks) the next day, would YOU listen to some doctor tell you that you really should be chained to a hospital bed on an IV for the next few days??? I DON'T THINK SO.
We haggled back and forth for a while and eventually settled on a compromise consisting of two more rounds of IV antibiotics, supplemented by a lovely cocktail of pills, and my Word On My Honor that I'd lay myself up after the boat was floating.
Well, she's floating, and I'm laid up. It's going to be tough to stay away from the boat all weekend, but I genuinely think that Julia will slash my tires if I make a move for the door. C'est la vie.
