LJ Idol Wk 9 Unprepared

[puppetmaker]

Or "Nobody expects the Spanish Influenza!"

We have had a virus running around the house from person to person recently. There is not much you can do about a virus except use medication to keep the symptoms from making the person totally miserable rather than partially miserable while they wait for their body to deal with the invader.

Because my head feels like it is full of cotton wool and my sinuses have been trying to break through the front of my face, I have been thinking a lot about illness and how we are never prepared to be sick or hurt.

I don't think we go out of our way and plan to have a cold. We just wake up one morning and know that we are not in the pink as it were. We can feel the beginnings of the sniffles, the cough, and that scratchy throat. We can try to nip it in the bud, but we can't decide not to be sick and it just goes away until we can put it in our plans. It would be nice if we could plan our sick days. "Ms. Jenkins, I won't be in this Friday because I am going to have a case of the flu and get it over with so if you could reschedule the budget meeting please."

We are not prepared for a debilitating health problem. They seem to happen and then we play catch up as to how to deal with the problem. I honestly don't know anyone who has "break my right leg at 3:45" in their day planner. But then I don't think they were planning to mis-step off the curb, fall and break their leg either. Health problems happen and we deal with them as they happen.

I have to say that I was not prepared when I had a miscarriage. Far from it. I don't think my friends who found out that either they or their loved ones have cancer were prepared for the news. Even though you may know it is coming, I don't think anyone is truly prepared for death no matter what they may say. It just happens and we deal with the aftermath.

Right now I am dealing with my cold and cough. I have medicine that allow me to almost breath normally without hacking up a lung. I have tissues to relieve some of the pressure in my nasal cavities. I have a LARGE glass of water with a straw at my elbow so I can try to stay hydrated and maybe speed this virus out of my body.

I am also dealing with Caroline's illnesses that she can't seem to catch a break from. She had bronchitis and now she has that nasty virus on top of that. I wasn't prepared for her being sick this long and I am hoping that she will feel better soon. Now if you will excuse me I have to get her to do her breathing treatment and I really need to blow my nose.

I wish you all good health.

No viruses were harmed in the writing of this entry no matter how hard I have tried to get rid of them. This is my sniffily entry in this week LJ Idol. I hope that if you liked it, you will be prepared to vote for me later this week.

Comments

[millysdaughter.livejournal.com]

***sends chicken soup***

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I am seriously contemplating getting a chicken and boiling us up a pot of chicken soup with rice.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

There has to've been a science fiction story where people could schedule their sicknesses ahead of time.

Go you for still being funny (if ruefully funny) while ill.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmm

I might have to take a go at that idea.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Hey, write what you know. :-)

Oh, by the way, *sends healing vibes*

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

Nobody expects the Spanish Influenza! and No viruses were harmed in the writing of this entry no matter how hard I have tried to get rid of them.

LMAO! I hope you all feel better soon! :D

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Me too. This has gone on a little too long for my comfort.

[lilmissmagic71.livejournal.com]

*sends good health vibes*

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

At least Caroline can go back to school.

[elderwoodpixie.livejournal.com]

Fun entry. Get well.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm working on it.

[baxaphobia.livejournal.com]

You and your family sure have had a rough time of it lately. I hope you can kick the plague soon!

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

It does seem that way right now.

I'm hoping things turn around soon.

[shadowwolf13]

So true. Hope you get to feeling better soon.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I am working on getting better but will be happier when I feel better. I'm a bad sick person. *grin*

[brightflashes.livejournal.com]

heh. I'm glad no viruses were harmed - wait or am I? They need to move out!

Absolutely love this entry, especially the ridiculous idea of putting "break leg" in a daily planner. It was a bit hard for me to skip from something so fun and funny to such a serious paragraph about the miscarriage, but your comfortability with the topic made me feel comfortable again and I think it certainly had its place in this entry.

Excellent job! You get my vote. : )

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

This one went through several rewrites and just got sillier as I rewrote it.

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

Feel better!! *passes fleeces blankets and tea cups*

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Thanks. My cats have been very concerns and have been taking turns as my purring foot warmers.

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

If I could plan my illnesses, they would all happen on the weekend, when I'd rented a good movie and my husband was around to rub my forehead.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

I wish we could. It would be nice to plan an illness with the relative ease of planning a vacation.

[libra-dragon.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better soon.

Well written entry.

[boxsofrain.livejournal.com]

I hope that as you continue writing your entries, viruses will be harmed. Feel better. :)

[solstice-singer.livejournal.com]

I hate being sick, and, you're right. I'm never prepared for it. I agree that few people truly are.

BTW, who is Caroline? I ask, only because I have a guide dog with that very same name.

[jenandbronze.livejournal.com]

LOL. No I wasn't prepared to discoer the diagnosis of glaucoma and the realization I'd loose the sight I did have before. I hate getting sick, which isn't often, and I had a nasty bad cold a few weeks ago, that has disappeared after a week, but the cough still lingers a bit, but doesn't hinder me or anything.

I do hope you and Caroline feel better soon.

[rosepurr.livejournal.com]

Feel better.

[thenodrin.livejournal.com]

I had a supervisor once who insisted 48 hours notice before taking a sick day. Then, she complained about how everyone was always sick at the same time.

Funny, that.

Theno