And by the way...you have E. Coli

The nurse from my doctor's office called yesterday. She told me I have E. Coli. How strange is that? I went for a UTI and found out I have food poisoning. I guess this explains why I felt sick all weekend and am still not feeling up to snuff.

I was down and feeling sick both Friday night and Saturday day, so I can't even blame McKenna for choosing Joe's Crab Shack for her birthday dinner. Darn it! You know I love you Kenna, I've never stepped foot in there for anyone else!

Luckily the doctor seems to think that the antibiotics I'm already taking for the other infection should knock out the E. Coli too. Perhaps my body has sort of malfunctioning reject chip that causes it to get strange illnesses no one else around me seems to get. I thought I should be grateful for the UTI since it's how I found out about the E. Coli, until I read on the CDC website that some strains of E. Coli can actually cause them.

Just call me I.P. Orangeley

I woke up at 3:30 in the morning Monday morning, randomly. There was nothing out of the ordinary about that or the fact that I laid in bed and read my book instead of going back to sleep like a normal person would. However, I realized after a while that I felt anything but normal.

For the last couple of days of my weekend I felt nauseated and had a horrible headache, but just figured it stemmed from staying up too late and lack of sleep. Nausea gave way to a urinary tract infection and all its miserable glory!

I've finally learned my lesson about waiting to take care of it after several UTIs turned to horrific kidney infections, the last resulting in my miscarriage last November. So I got into the doctor first thing and got antibiotics and that sweet little brown pill that makes your pee look like orange Kool-aid or Tang.

When our friend found out the medicine has the interesting side effect of altered urine color, he was sorely disappointed at it being spring and therefore no snow on the ground. (Boys!) Whatever silly side effect, I was grateful that its other side effect is that my pain went away and I could finally cope.

It's 3:45 Wednesday morning, again I can't sleep, but at least it's not frequent/painful urination keeping me awake this time.

Anti-biotics are the nectar of the gods!

I have another sinus infection, sometimes I feel like my life has been one prolonged sinus infection for the last 2 years! This time I thought it was something more, something different. Last Monday I woke up for work, fevered, nauseated and searching for anything wet to cool the fire in my throat. I thought I could make it trough work and then hoped upon hope I could just make it there without defiling the inside of my car! I made it 9 hours the first day and 12 hours the next day. I rested my fiery cheek against my cool desk and kept my trash can handy, just in case.

My mom luckily came by with Ibuprofen, what a blessing it is to work at the same place she does! Once my fever broke I felt better. Better, but not good. Relief was only temporary until the heat wave returned and I felt like death warmed over. I was grateful for a sergeant who let me go home early even though I'd made it most of the day and could have sweat out the last few hours. When I passed out on my mom's couch I realized I was better off there.

Well, that was over a week ago.... I'm still sick!! Each morning I've gotten up with a fiery crackly throat and wished I could go back to sleep. I've stayed up tossing and turning because I'm uncomfortable and aching.

I stayed at my mom's house last night planning to go to work today. But today I decided enough is enough, I'm so tired and even more done with being sick! So I stayed home from work and decided the doctor really does know best. Hopefully I'll feel better after a few days of anti-biotics. Wish me luck.