update...

saturday morning i woke up & KNEW i'd made the turn... the worst was over... i was feeling better! with ONLY one achy ear, coughing, a bit of congestion (no more sinus pressure...THANK GOD!) & a general tired feeling... it was the best i'd felt all week!

to say the least, i was thankful... for the little bit of health i'd regained & i promised myself i'd never take it for granted...ever...again.

about 4pm, something happened with my right ear after a normal nose-blow... i could hear my heartbeat & it sounded like it was underwater... uh oh... but i was un-deterred... i could only get BETTER.. not WORSE!

that night, we went to the U2 concert with dad & a friend, jill... (a separate post on that later) with my medicine-cabinet-purse in tow, along with a good set of ear plugs... i just knew the fresh air and the GORGEOUS night would be the boost i needed to stay on the upward track...

after the long journey home... tons of traffic... i was somewhat excited to have stayed up so late, even though i didn't feel the best because i could wait to take my meds til i went to bed & be that much more tired... thus, in t.h.e.o.r.y... sleeping that much better...

welp, i woke up coughing around 3am and did NOT stop until about 6am or so... at that point, it felt like someone had poured liquid fire in my left eye... that's the only way i know how to describe it...

after i FINALLY got my contact out... (soon, i'll be able to compare this pain with child-birth... i'm guessing its gonna be a close one)... i continued to let my eyes water and "flush out" until... well, they're still doing it...

mom called to check on me and mentioned "conjunctivitis"... i thought "oh, of course... a conjunction of all of the infections i have... now in my eye"... uhhh...wait a minute... i googled it to check symptoms & treatments...

PINK EYE?! you have GOT to be kidding me... i've never had it before... but the symptoms seem to match...

dad had gotten me some allergy eye drops earlier today--which seemed to take the edge off... it mainly comes in waves... like an imaginary fairy flies by and just throws sand in my eye every 20 minutes or so...

i've never been one to call "the on-call doctor"... but, dad recommended me call... but the recording says to call if i'm in labor... or an emergency?

i'm hoping to hold off until the morning... i'm going to call/visit the doctor first thing...

i have N.E.V.E.R. been this sick... and no, its not flu... or swine flu... i haven't had a fever and i haven't puked (thank GOD!)...

since i've spent all day in bed, i have had the opportunity to do a lot of thinking today... along with intermittent sleep... and basically, i just feel sooo stinkin' sorry for babyhop... i felt like i've already given the little rug rat shaken baby syndrome... his/her mama's been coughing up a lung... my stomach muscles hurt from coughing so much that i don't know whether to grab my stomach or cover my mouth & the only thing i can think of when i'm coughing is my poor little baby being shaken up in the little water balloon of fluid he/she's quietly growing in...

what's better today? well, my ear isn't so achy anymore... that's all i can think of.

lee seems to be doing ok... just general creepy crud stuff... runny nose, sore throat, etc...