ROUND 2: FIGHT

  HAWRIGHT

Things got a little bad last night lol. Rewind:

I had a gradual cough since the 29th, Sunday. It got worse and came to a head the 31st. Yesterday, April Fools day, around evening, I started to get woozy and my headache escalated. I could feel myself flushing more and more. This is something I remember from last year. Where's that thermometer? She's coming! This fever binch is kicking my door down right now I can literally feel it. So I get the thermometer:

OH HAY QORL. ALRIGHT LETS GO.

I felt her parking in my driveway earlier in the day because my headache was there, but not as pressure-feeling as it was at the point of this picture. But took my temp anyway. It was 98.something I can't remember. Fluids all day. Animal Crossing. I even ordered pizza. I felt bad though cuz the guy was like can you sign? and I was like... lemme extra sanitize my hands cuz i'm sick :( and he's like OH THAT'S AWRIGHT. and I was like AWRIGHT. and we said our good nights. Sweet guy.

HEY PEEPS. Tipping delivery workers is common sense, but I'm hearing about people refusing to because some are zero contact? Or tipping really shitty. Jesus if I know someone who is guilty of that I hope I never find out because you're a piece of shit. 

ANyyyywaaayyy

As the evening progressed, the pressure in my head got ril bad. I got more woozy, and the feeling of flushing was now all over my body instead of just my cheeks and neck. This was around midnight-ish. I promptly put on Mom's got a Date with a Vampire on Disney + (because I'm a child, leave me alone) and got into bed with all my essentials. Earlier on, I prepared more tea, got more water, and while searching in the pantry, found ANOTHER pres drug that I didn't finish. Doxycycline Monohydrate. Used to treat infection. I don't know if this was from last year or if it was from my graft surgery.. either way, I grabbed it. 

So, one thing I will say, I never felt that this was COVID-19. Mostly because of the order of the symptoms, and... the symptoms.

Day 1 - annoying, random intermittent baby cough in the evening

Day 2 - slightly more consistent cough, low fever

Day 3 - constant dry cough, baby phlegm feeling in throat, fever

Day 4 - oh shit

Day 5 - ......

It made more sense to me if it were bronchitis. It's just coughing and phlegm and fever. But I can't rule anything out yet. We'll just have to see.

So, last night, I'm getting ready, and I'm feeling real bad. I get in bed and take my temp; 102.2. Makes sense. So I get animal crossing and try to do stuff on there. But a little before that, like an hour or something, I took a tablet of the doxycycline monohydrate. And right before getting into my nest for the night, I took half of an 800 ibuprofen. I also took the last of the codeine, which was barely anything but it was worth a shot. It's a cough suppressor. This wasn't all at once btw lol. And I'm in bed.

I start hallucinating while playing animal crossing lol. Like, I'm seeing things on the island that aren't there; shadows, shapes. And turn the brightness down because it was like.... staring into the sun. And I'm dizzy. And the pressure in my head is peak. I got yeeted by Fever-chan. I try to stay awake, but I'm sooooo drowsy. This is probably what it feels like if an actual Drowzee came at you full blast. 

yeugh

So, I'm like roflmao what is happeningggghhh. I'm thinking it's from the fever, but maybe also from the medicine. So I'm trying to not give into Fever-chan because I'm stupid, and basically go back and forth between Candy Crush and Animal Crossing that entire evening. One amazing thing throughout all of this lockdown thing though is.... my wish came true.

 UNLIMITED LIVES MWAHAHA. I've been "logging in" to this every day and I've accumulated like 30+ hours of unlimited lives. KING HAS HEARD MY PLEAS. I'm not even gonna pretend i don't love Candy Crush. It's so good lol. If this costs me some gAmER points, fuck it. I gotta tell my bf's family lol. So yeah, that. 

It wasn't until the pressure in my head and the screens became too much that I finally layed down and snuggled up to go to sleep. Instantly felt better lol. It was almost as though.... my body... was trying to tell me something. hm. 

lol

also this. Wasn't sure I wanted to do this but why not. It's gonna be a long year.

I slept through the night. And this morning woke up around 1pm :)
First thing I did was drink some water and take my temp;

HOORAY! That was weird, so I did it like 4 more times just to be sure. All 98 range. I feel a lot better. I'm drinking tea and lots of water. No more woozyness. The headache is still there but slight, and the cough came back. Lots of phlegm to cough up. But no more fever! SO.

I don't know if it's because of the medicine or what. But Fever-chan left. We're doing okay, I kicked that binch out sometime during the night. I don't know if Fever-chan will be back. It's impossible to say what will follow but it's I think safe to assume that she's gone. Hopefully? 

During all of this, I was keeping up with what steps to take in the event that I am infected with COVID-19. A lot of sources say to stay at home and monitor your symptoms for 7 days. If questions arise, the best thing to do is to call a care provider. If you don't have one, call an urgent care center. They will assess the situation and give guidance. If your chest hurts, and breathing (an autonomous bodily function) becomes arduous, act immediately. These are 2 emergency symptoms that require urgent attention. Otherwise, liquids and rest are imperative. And no hugging.

That's the summary of everything I've read up on. It's hard right now to not freak out at the slightest inkling of being sick, but for the sake of resources and the workers in the hospitals right now, it's important to utilize the knowledge we have and apply it to our situation before losing our shit and going to go see them. This is important because there are people who have it that are struggling to live, and we don't have practitioners to spare to tell us all that we're gonna be fine, just rest up. We have to take that initiative ourselves and have faith that we can get through it. Treat it like a bad flu. If it escalates, take action, but only if it escalates. Otherwise, remain calm and do not put your body under further stress. It won't help you get better. 

Validation note: that was obviously directed to those less vulnerable and without compromised immune systems.

So. So far, I feel better now. I think the worst of it is gone. I'm gonna keep drinking lots of liquids and whatnots. And pizza. and hacking up phlegm. I could taste it in my throat when I woke up this morning, it was... lame. Um, but the fight isn't over. My body is still healing, so it's important to chill and not stress it. 

I'm good though. I have candy crush and Animal Crossing. both good for bed-rest. 

With that... ADIEU, DEAR READER.

Be vigilant. Be knowledgeable. Be safe.