So the journey may be on hold. I woke up yesterday with the beginnings of a sore throat. I started taking Zinc right away, every 4 hours. It helps to wade off an oncoming sickness or cut the severity and length of sickness. Got worse as the night went on. In the evening my body started feeling weak and I was getting a little cold.. and a lot nervous. I can not have surgery if I am sick. Last night was one of the worst nights of my life. Couldn't sleep, had a throbbing headache the entire night, I was extremely hot and in pain and I had to take those nasty Zinc lozenges every 4 hours. Ew, ew, ew.
Today I feel MUCH better. Exhausted from last night and slightly queasy every now and then, but we drove to Santa Barbara today so I'm still not sure if it was from traveling or not?Throat was swollen this morning but has reduced as the day went on. Started taking Zinc every 3 hours. If I just had to worry about how I was feeling then I would think surgery was still very likely. But any redness in the throat indicates a virus and there is definitely redness in my throat. We pray that it's cleared by tomorrow mornings appointment.. or the Dr will say no can do. My mom asked me what I would do if that were the case. I told her I'd punch the Dr. Then, I plan to go to Six Flags on the way home! But let's be honest, I'll most likely just bawl my eyes out. I didn't come this far to get only 3 days out from surgery and get sick and sent home! I've been trying to stay on top of anything we can think of to help this sickness go away PRONTO- lemon/honey tea, Zinc, oils, gargle with oils/water, gargle with pepto-bismal/hydrogen peroxide, drinking lots of water- so not a good idea while traveling. I had to pee like every hour. Annoying! Any other tips/ideas to get rid of sickness from anyone would be appreciated! :)
Tyson flies in late tonight. Can't wait to see him! Hopefully I get a good rest to shake the rest of this sickness.. whatever it is! As my dad says: "We are going forward in faith". We hate going forward in faith. :) There is a high possibility that tomorrow the Dr will say, you are sick, we can not operate, go home. Next opening isn't until June, by the way. That will just crush my world. This stupid jaw situation has defined my life! I am MORE than ready to be rid of it!!! And all along Ty has had to put up with aaaaalllll the side effects.. for 4 1/2 years.. our entire marriage. Poor guy, I feel so bad for him. Yet, we are blindly going forward, doing our part and asking that the Lord does his. If I don't get surgery on Thursday, then obviously we'll know that wasn't the Lord's will. However, I reeeally hope that He won't let me get so so close, days away, just to be told no. So, we shall see tomorrow AM. Cross your fingers!! Oor better yet- just pray! :)
