Mending?

Sadly, I'm still fighting whatever has attacked my system, but I'm definitely feeling better.  I even have long stretches of the day where I don't cough at all.  Of course, I'm still having sessions where I cough so much I throw up, so I'm not sure it's much of a trade of.  Dr. Decker put me on some antibiotics on Wednesday, and that seems to have helped quite a bit.  I'm not spending as much time sleeping, and I actually had enough energy to leave the house a couple times this weekend.

Mom, Katie and I braved the Home & Garden Show yesterday.  It was actually pretty lame, but it was nice to do some walking, my first real exercise in two weeks.  And there was a guy there from the Spokane Valley Fire Department (yes he was a hot fireman) with some info on plants that help reduce chances of fire, so I grabbed some literature on that for camp, and his card.  Maybe I can come up with some good questions for him...

Today, I felt good enough to keep my massage appointment, 80 minutes of bliss and pain.  I managed not to cough until the very end, so I felt good about that.  And I followed up with a little grocery shopping.  The three of us even went out to Applebee's for dinner since it's Sunday, and I don't have to fast on Sunday's from my Lenten discipline of no restaurants or eating out/ ordering in.  It was a nice treat, although I'm still worried I may pay for it later tonight since I haven't eaten much real food over the last two weeks.  Actually, that may be the only good part of this sickness.  A kick start to my diet.  I think I've lost about 10 pounds since I got sick.  Well, that's all my excitement for now.  Send up some prayers for a quick recovery my friends.  I'm really sick of being sick (and so are mom and Katie)!