Making Me Smile

Justin ordered flowers for me for my birthday. A beautiful vase of red, pink, & white roses with little mini daiseys. Very lovely.

He was smart and had them delivered on Monday because it would allow me to enjoy them longer. Friday would have had them here during the weekend while I was away, and taking them home is not an option as vegeta likes to eat anything that is green.

So, my office area smells fresh and sweet and everytime I look at the flowers I smile.

They have been exceptionally helpful today. Sunday my ankle was a little swollen. We kind of figured that I twisted it or inadvertently did something funny to it while working on the land. It did not hurt too much, but was kind of aggravating.

Yesterday it was still pretty swollen and about lunch time my knee was swollen too. All made since because I figured I was compensating for the ankle and tweaking my knee.

As the day progressed the swelling was getting worse - my calf felt puffy and tight and the swelling moved across the top of my foot down to my big toe. A cyst or bump or something was also on the back of my ankle too.

After conferring with a few people it was decided that I should probably go see a professional about this and the ER was really the only choice. We were in and out in just over 2 hours - quite impressive I thought. Concensus was that it was most likely some sort of bite/sting that got me infected. Put me on a high-dose antibiotic and a vicodin/ibuprophen combo for pain/swelling.

Got in the bed last night and was miserable. My knee seriously hurt from swelling. I had not felt it like that since my surgery many years ago now. Took forever to get to get comfortable and once I did this firey itching nastiness exploded in my foot. As a result I could not sleep and kept fidgeting. Thankfully Mom & Dad had gotten some itch,bite,sting ease stuff for us so I lathered that on. Seemed to help some or either I was so tired I finally fell asleep.

Felt much better this morning, but had a follow-up at the hospital at 9am to have a scan of my leg done to rule out a clot. Scan was negative, which is good. So - with the pain and aggravation of my leg the flowers have been nice. Thanks again Justin!