Yesterday after finally getting my prescription for more antibiotics my pharmacy sent me a text telling me that they were out of the drug and would have it today. I decided a one day delay wouldn’t hurt. But then this afternoon I got another text saying it would be another day’s delay. I called them and found out they have 4 days worth on hand. Jim is on his way into town to pick them up. My quarantine can’t be over until I finish all ten days of pills. Besides I want to get started getting this round of C Diff under control. Wonder why they didn’t offer me a partial fill yesterday?
I took a nap yesterday and woke up with a temperature and not feeling good. I laid back down late evening and was sound asleep when Jim got here around 9:00. I’m afraid I wasn’t very good company last night as I didn’t feel very good. I seem to have good times and hard times with this stuff and never know from hour to hour which side of the coin I will be on. It was nice to see Jim though and we enjoyed visiting and catching up.
Have had stomach cramps most of the day today. The diarrhea has slowed way down but this morning the cramps were bad again. I took a nap this afternoon and am feeling better again now. I haven’t eaten much today to try to give my tummy some rest time. I never know if I should eat or not and if it makes a difference.
I may try to make an appointment with a gastroenterologist in Topeka if I don’t start feeling better by Monday. I don’t feel my doctor’s office has given me much guidance on what to eat, etc. and I feel like I don’t have enough information to fight this thing correctly. Maybe the antibiotics will kick in and I will be better by then. I will certainly go see one if I get a third episode.
We let the chickens out into the yard today. Jim had his camera all ready to record the parade down the ramp he built. The chickens were too chicken to come out. Jim was so disappointed. He went down to check on them before he went to town and came back up to report several have gone into the yard and several are now hiding under the coop. We might have fun tonight trying to get them all back tucked safely inside. It is always something happening around here.
Other than working on making more masks I haven’t done much today. Jim brought his paper cutter and we found that works to cut the strips of sheets into pieces. Makes that job easier. Sometimes it doesn’t cut all the way through but a quick snip with the scissors finishes the job. I have another 100 masks ready to be sent out some place. Not sure where these will end up. All of these have elastic ear pieces as I haven’t taken the time to cut the ribbon and sew the ribbon pieces together. I will run out of elastic and will have to cut the ribbon soon. I may have to order one more spool of elastic to finish the remaining masks. I think I will need one more sheet too. I still have over 400 pieces of flannel to work up yet.
It has been another beautiful day on the prairie. Temperatures were in the low 70’s. There is a haze over the land though. Thinking it is smoke from the wildfires out west. I can barely see the sun that is starting to lower in the western sky. Sure wish it was rain that was blocking the view. The cracks in the yard are getting wide and deep.
No plans for next week. I do have a Cardiologist appointment on Monday. I don’t think it will be a very productive visit but we shall see. I have quit wearing my smart watch to bed as I don’t want to know if my heart rate is dropping below 40 at night. The Cardiologist doesn’t seem to think it is a problem so I decided I shouldn’t think it is either. It is easier to ignore if I don’t know that it is happening. That solves that problem – right?
Jim is building two new desks for our study. He cut the pieces out while he was in Stillwater and brought them here to finish. He will be working on that project for the next week or more. He loves doing woodworking projects and is very good at it.
It is nice to have Jim back on the prairie. The house feels so much more lively when he is here. One of these days soon I will be well and we will get back to taking long walks every evening. I look forward to the days when we can have company again and have friends and family over for dinners.
Grateful to be getting started on the antibiotics later this evening, grateful for the times when I feel OK, and grateful Jim is back on the prairie with me.