A Bad Blot of Jello?

I've been conspicuously silent this past week. You may wonder why. Was it something in the  

Jello? A complication from the appendix removal? Leaving the hospital got me down? Nope, none of the above.  Truth is, I i just felt too sick to do anything.

As a precaution following the removal, the docs placed me on some high dose IV antibiotics 

(which I had to self-administer). "Antibiotics?', I thought, 'No problem'. Just take the 

course, maybe get an upset stomach, gut it out for a week, and bang I'm done. After all, what 

could a little old antibiotic do? Well I hadn't counted on the hospital's use of the 'crack' antibiotic for those particularly nasty bugs.

I was a little sanguine in my estimate of how easily i could handle this stuff. For the first day or two, I was a little nervous - which I chalked up to post-hospital jitters. I thought that maybe  I was overanxious about getting home, or maybe sorting out the apartment - which we've had to renew for another week, while we get the last of the paperwork sorted out. 

But on top of that, I couldn't sit still. All day, I'd stand, sit, lay in my bed, curl in a ball and rock, and try to keep my head about me. I couldn't read, watch tv, work on the computer, play Wii, eat, drink, or anything. In the course of about 6 days, I lost about 10 lbs. In short, I was a basket case and couldn't figure out why.

This must have been pretty obvious at my next visit to the clinic. They told me 'you look bad'. I told them my problem and they immediately went to work. They gave me something to quell the pain and the and anxiety. They checked and this is not an uncommon side effect of the IV antibiotic. We switched medicines to an oral antibiotic and the doctor gave me something to keep the creepy crawlies at bay, and I was on my way.

It's a few days later, and I feel like I'm getting back to normal. My appetite is returning, my energy level is improving, and I feel great. Dad and I took a walk today to Carytown. (Broken record alert) now I just want to see my family. They'll be here this week -  hopefully no later than Wednesday or Thursday. Almost there!