Sick boy looks human

[likethebeer]

Yeah, yesterday he seemed a lot better, and now he's doing pretty damned well (I should check with him to make sure he took his antibiotic).

I came down yesterday morning and he was getting water at the kitchen sink (he's barely touched coffee in days), and, like, he had a jaw again. Amazing. He told me that he thought he had a breakthrough the night before--he coughed away some of the nastiness. Also, he has only had 2-3 doses of the oxycodine; yseterday, he just went and bought a thing of Tylanol to take care of the pain, rather than relying on that stuff. He was saying to me yesterday that they gave him just an absurd amount of pain drugs: 10 oz (300 ml). The recommended dose is between 5-10 ml. [he's asked me to make sure I put in this statement: "The remainder is not for sale." DOn't want to get in trouble for hinting that maybe you, too, could get sicky loopy.]

He's taking off work today, too, which I'm really happy about. I just think he'd feel like total crap if he went in to work. There's stuff piled up and he is in no way 100%, and there's the commute.... And it's Friday, so he'll have two more whole days on top of that.

So, that's the end of the story, I think.

Comments

[monkeypuncher.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear he's doing better. After the weekend he should be right as rain.

right as rain

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

I think so, too. He was such a sad puppy on Tuesday night/Wed. morning. Man, I'm lovin' those antibiotics. It just makes me realize how fragile we really are, when we try to tell ourselves we're invincible and past all those things like bacteria and viruses (except for the occasional cold). Amazing, this medical technology!

[em-porium.livejournal.com]

Good to hear that mda is on the mend! I had my tonsils taken out when I was three, and so I've never had adult tonsillitis. But one of my coworkers had to have hers taken out last year, and the surgery kept getting delayed and delayed. Poor thing! She took so many antibiotics last year!

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

I had mine out when I was 19, and man did it hurt. Ice cream doesn't do a darned thing.

Actually, this reminds me to remind mda to take his antibiotics for the latter part of the day!

[em-porium.livejournal.com]

I don't remember much about the whole thing except that they told me that I would be in the hospital for 7 days. Fun, huh?

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

I had to stay overnight at least once. I got to hang out in a crib with a big plastic dome and eat chocolate pudding!

[em-porium.livejournal.com]

You got chocolate pudding??? Hmph! I only got Jello and popsicles! :)