I think I got sick because of the Yellow Fever vaccination! We decided to go back to the hospital where our kids got vaccinated to ask for a copy of the records (since Gaby and Brandon flippantly tossed away theirs), and I was going to get a vaccination also. Oscar didn’t want to get to the Argentine border and have to turn around because we didn’t have our records of the shot. So, I got the shot. (Edson didn’t.) We got to the border and they didn’t even ask for the records or even ask if we got the shot. Oh well, I got the vaccination anyway.
On Sunday, coming home from Argentina, I had this strange headache, but just blew it off. I'm a mom...you know, I have to be strong. Well, Monday I wasn’t feeling right either, but blamed it on…you know…hormones, lack of sleep, and other stuff. Monday night I was tossing and turning all night and just ached all over. I even remember praying that if God would give me a fever I wouldn’t have to go to school that day. I woke up aching, but no fever; so I went to school anyway.
At school I was feeling depressed, sad, achy, and sore. I didn’t feel like talking to anyone, and I faked an energetic attitude in my classes. I went in, not as bubbly as usual, but I got through the day. People were commenting that my eyes looked so tired. I got home just in time to “melt” on the couch.
Gaby and Oscar immediately came over to comfort me and say… "Mom, we know how it feels. It’s the effects of the vaccination.” Oh…this was terrible!
Oscar had a bible study last night. I took Edson’s crib into my room and just had him playing there while I was dozing in and out...for one and a half hours.
Today I am a little bit better. I have to be. I am a mom! I have to cook and clean and hang out clothes! I have to “get up while it’s still dark and provide food for (my) family.” I need to “watch over the affairs of my household and not eat the bread of idleness.” I need to be “clothed with strength and dignity (so I can)…laugh at the days to come.”
The next couple of days, I will fill you in on our Argentina Trip.
3 comments:
Kar, I agree with Liz. Yeah, you're a mom; yeah, putting up with aches and pains while tending to everyone else is part of the "job," but still....you HAVE to take care of yourself if you're going to get better. Better your three big "boys" take over for a few days while you rest and recover as much as possible than have this drag on longer than it should because you aren't getting your rest. You'd expect it of them...and of others. Now do it yourself! (I wish I could help out physically, but I'll keep doing so spiritually with prayers!)
LOVE YOU!
WAAAAAAYYYYYYY back when I was single and went to Argentina and Brazil with Grandpa and Grandma I got the Yellow Fever shot, and I thought I'd DIE as I was working at Uncle Russ's office in Sterling. I'd lay down on the cots between patients and moan!!!
I feel for you!
Love,
A. Kath
Sounds as if the Yellow Fever shot is as bad as the Yellow Fever itself! You're in our prayers.
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