101 Fever - Again...

The irony...

The week before last, a tornado of strep throat swept through the Russell Home and everyone was sick. One of the older children was hospitalized and a couple others were moved off site temporarily while the illnesses ran their course. With my usual good timing, I visited the home and children at just the right time to catch what they had.

I went to the doctor for a dose of antibiotics and things seemed to be ok after a few days. But then a couple days ago, started to get this ringing in my ears again, quite strange in fact, and yesterday checked my temperature to find that my fever was back.

So, I'm back on my antibiotics, trying to take it easy for the next couple days, hoping that I can contain and beat down this illness before I leave. But on the other hand, the last thing I want to do is to start a strenuous hike like this in less than favorable weather conditions and then get pneumonia or something...especially without any health insurance.

So, the next several days I'm going to take it really easy and play it by ear. If I have to push my start date back one more week I'll do so. Better to start a week later healthy than start earlier and then really get sick.

So for now, I'll play it by ear and see how I feel within the next several days.