I love celebrating Mardi Gras, but this year not much is going to happen. Even after four days of antibiotics for a diagnosed bacterial pneumonia, little has changed. Google tells me that for healthy people the symptoms usually improve within 48 hours of starting treatment, but I guess I was too optimistic.
I did not get out the large bag of beads, and did not dress the table with the traditional purple, green, and gold. Dinner will be leftovers of the lovely red beans and rice that Hubby Tony cooked on Sunday. He will include cornbread and dessert with his meal. I will not.
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I'm sending up prayers for "Healing Blessings", Kathy. I hope you get to feeling better soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by my post and for leaving a lovely comment. That was very kind of you.
Thank you for your prayers. I'm a firm believer in their power.
DeleteGet well soon- get rest.
ReplyDeleteI am getting used to multiple naps every day!
DeleteOh feel better soon Kathy do go back to the urgent care if need be. -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteThat's a big part of my plan.
DeleteSorry to hear you're still sick.
ReplyDeleteMe too. Thanks.
DeleteI hope you feel better soon and can get back to eating dessert! I had a Dutch Baby pancake for supper tonight.
ReplyDeleteA Dutch Baby! Way to celebrate the season.
DeleteUrgent Care sounds like a good idea...your road to recovery is taking too long. Hope you feel better soon!
ReplyDeleteI woke up today with a little more energy, so fingers crossed that I just needed to get to Day 5 of the antibiotics
DeleteOh my gosh! I'm so sorry you're having to fight this illness. I hope you recover quickly.
ReplyDeleteI hope you feel much better very soon.
ReplyDeleteMe too! I make a horrible patient.
DeleteSorry to hear the medicine isn't working as quickly as you'd hoped. Prayers for your recovery.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteI hope you are feeling better soon.
ReplyDeleteThese types of illness take longer to cure as we get older. I know it's not fun to hear, but you must take it into account. Now in my 70s I am seeing that what was once a minor inconvenience can now be a day's recovery. At the very tiniest notice of something wrong I start treating and working on a "cure." I keep saying, "I don't have time to be incapacitated. I know my time is limited and there is so much I want to accomplish."
ReplyDeleteI've never been down for the count for more than a couple of days, and in my mind should already have been feeling better.
DeleteI've had pneumonia ONCE when I was very young. Jennifer was a tiny thing. I still worked at the cottonseed oil company. I would stay home a day or so and then go back to work, only to be back home for a few days. My doctor gave me an ultimatum--"you will go home and STAY in bed for one week or I will put you in the hospital." That was enough to make me do as he said. I never had pneumonia again.
DeleteNow that I've been diagnosed almost a week your story rings true with me. I feel better, do too much, then don't feel so good.
DeleteSo sorry Kathy that you feel so bad. This can be serious and I hope you take the necessary precautions to get better even if it includes going back to the doctor. Prayers for you and please keep us updated
ReplyDeleteSlowly but surely I'm learning to listen to my body. Thank you for your prayers.
DeleteI'm late to the party. I hear there will be left over dessert!
ReplyDeleteI froze it for when I feel better!
DeletePrayers and blessings for your healing dear. Aloha
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteSorry you are still battling the bug! I am always surprised when my body does not come back as quickly as it used to. Lots of fluids and lots of rest will help. You are in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteI have consumed so much hot tea/hot water/ice water in the past week!
DeleteTake care of yourself. pneumonia is going around and it's been hard to shake. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I hadn't heard about anyone in my circle of contacts with pneumonia.
DeleteOh dear Kathy I can understand how hard it feels to a housewife to not be able to do housework,frustrating indeed but I think more time will gone and less is left,so please be patient and stay safe,rest until the are recovered completely
ReplyDeleteI like the way you think!
DeleteMy husband is prone to sinus infections and even though he is on an antibiotic now, he said this time it is taking longer to go away.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. That makes me feel better.
DeleteI hope you feel better soon. I try not to be around people who are sick because whatever I get tends to stick around for weeks.
ReplyDeleteMy thought is that I must have picked up the germs from a passer by. Thank goodness I didn't pass it on to anyone in the family!
DeleteI'm so sorry it's lingering and you're still not feeling better. Healing Energies being sent your way. You can do the Excess later. *Winks*
ReplyDeleteLike I told Mike, there's dessert waiting for me in the freezer :-)
DeleteKathy, I'm sorry you're feeling bad and not snapping back as fast as you want. I understand all too well. Sit back, relax and heal. Can you do a belated Mardi Gras? I'll bring the king cake😀
ReplyDeleteI'll take you up on your offer!
DeleteSorry to hear about this, Kathy. Hope you are feeling better soon. Take care.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
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