Stomach Flu

Tuesday night as I drove home from my internship I became very sick. Had to pull off the interstate and didn't make it to a real bathroom before hucking my guts onto some gravel in a dark parking lot. I called Pooky asking him to come get me—I was close to my sister's apartment complex so I managed to drive to the parking lot there and I waited for Pooky's rescue.

By the time we got home I was in full-blown mode of "skookumchucking". After staying awake until 4 am, I said I needed to go to the hospital for IV fluids or else I'd dehydrate. I was having severe muscle cramps in m calves. The kind of muscle cramps that are beyond charlie horses—I'd like to call them charlie clydesdales.

So not wanting to take me to the local hospital where they adeptly collapsed my lung, we drove down to Longview (45 minute drive turned longer because the weather forecast for snow did come true) where I was re-dydrated and given some meds to stop the vomitting.

Wednesday was lost to sleep. Thursday was lost to watching On-Demand Movies with Pooky staying home to make sure I ate something and got fluids since my ability to walk has declined thanks to my muscles being shredded and over all fatigue.

I awoke today feeling a little more human, able to eat small portions of food, but then Pooky announces that he is feeling sick only no vomitting just the runs. So he came home after a half-day of work and crawled into bed where he's been now for almost 4 hours.

The ER doctor said the stomach flu has been making its rounds. I wish they could vaccinate against that as I would much rather battle the regular flu, but then I have no idea what I am talking about. All I know is that it sucks big time to lose 7 pounds due to having every ounce of fluid in my body expelled unnaturally.

Best to wash your hands after reading this entry. For all I know somehow the germs for the stomach flu have found a way to transmit themselves through blogs.