Surgery setback delays writing
Posted on February 12, 2010
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Life is wonderful. My recuperation was moving smoothly until Superbowl Sunday. I put out a flash for LH’s challenge and was about ready to sit for more than a few minutes and do some real writing.
I came home from church and laid down. My temperature rose throughout the day. When it hit 103.7 just after the Colts lost (darn!), I called the doctor. He instructed me to take an antibiotic I had at home (Cipro) and a couple of tylenol. That night I woke to violent chills that lasted for what I believe was an hour and a half. My temperature spiked at 105.5. Fifteen minutes later it was back into the lower 103’s and an hour later in the 102’s. By Monday afternoon, my temp was 99.8. That night I had another spike after over an hour of violent chills peaking at 104.
Tuesday, the doctor prescribed another antibiotic and that seems to have done the trick. In the last 24 hours my temp hasn’t gotten past 100 and is generally in the low 99’s.
My incision, of course, split open a little bit and became infected. My writing goals vanished Sunday night.
I’ve gradually regained some strength and last night I thought of a wonderful idea for a story. So the creative juices are starting to flow after weeks of sluggishness.
I wrote down some notes last night and that’s a good sign.
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Sorry to hear things haven’t gone well. Hope it’s all clearing up.