My Fever Broke
Apr. 12th, 2012 01:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amberfocusWhen I woke up this morning my fever had finally broken. Well, I say broken. Instead of being at 101 like it has been for the last week, it was at 99.1 so I consider that mostly broken. It's a relief anyway. Also my ear will now pop. And my cough seems to have moved further up and is nowhere near as intense. I still feel awful, but I feel less awful. I have my brain back or at least I don't feel like I am walking around in an altered state of consciousness anymore.
I called the doctor anyway about the pertussis, but he doesn't think I have/had it. It didn't show up on the culture and he didn't hear that kind of noise when he was checking my lungs and bronchials, so I got all freaked out over nothing. But he did recommend I get a pertussis booster when I am better. I should get a tetanus booster while I am at it, because the last time I had one was when I sliced my knee open when I was pregnant with my twelve-year-old and you are supposed to get tetanus boosters every ten years. I should schedule a physical as well as it has been 2 years.
I am going to spend the rest of today and all day tomorrow in bed though, getting as much rest as possible. I don't want to start doing too much too soon and find myself horribly ill again. This has shut me down for over a week as it is. At least the weather is warming up, so that should help. The cold outside always gets to me when I am sick/recovering from being sick and can make things worse. I am still very, very tired, so extra sleep is a good idea as well. At least I feel like there is a light at the end of the tunnel now and that it is (probably) not a train.
I called the doctor anyway about the pertussis, but he doesn't think I have/had it. It didn't show up on the culture and he didn't hear that kind of noise when he was checking my lungs and bronchials, so I got all freaked out over nothing. But he did recommend I get a pertussis booster when I am better. I should get a tetanus booster while I am at it, because the last time I had one was when I sliced my knee open when I was pregnant with my twelve-year-old and you are supposed to get tetanus boosters every ten years. I should schedule a physical as well as it has been 2 years.
I am going to spend the rest of today and all day tomorrow in bed though, getting as much rest as possible. I don't want to start doing too much too soon and find myself horribly ill again. This has shut me down for over a week as it is. At least the weather is warming up, so that should help. The cold outside always gets to me when I am sick/recovering from being sick and can make things worse. I am still very, very tired, so extra sleep is a good idea as well. At least I feel like there is a light at the end of the tunnel now and that it is (probably) not a train.
