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May 21, 2007
Final Hurdles
Well, Friday and Saturday, I really pushed myself...
Friday night, we hung out with a couple from church- after working all day. Saturday, I did an Open House in Upland. Late Saturday afternoon, I laid down to take a nap because my stomach was feeling crampy and generally not good. Suddenly, I had the chills and really wrapped myself up in blankets to stay warm. Jen got home a few hours later and took my temperature. I had a fever. I was at 101.4 degrees... at a place where we needed to take me back into City of Hope (if your temp stays over 100, they admit you back in). I was truly bummed, because I was SO looking forward to returning to church on Sunday. I decided to fight, so, I messaged a few men from church to pray for me and Jen and I started praying in our bedroom. We tried many things to get the temp down- from cold and wet washcloths, to cold juice and water to laying down without a blanket and shivering it out. The temp went down a bit, but was still 100... Jen picked up the phone to call triage at COH, but something told me (God, I'm sure) to just hang out and try to go to sleep. We took the temp one more time and it got to it's highest point at 101.5 and then I/we drifted off to sleep.
When I woke up, the fever had broken!!! I DID stay in bed all day yesterday (Sunday) with stomach and digestive issues, but we did not have to go back to the hospital and for that I praise God. Feeling a bit better today, but still sore and tired. I'm wondering if I ate something bad and did not have the immune system to fight it off- or if I pushed myself too hard? In either instance, it's good to be home.
Still walking out my healing,
JB
Posted by chasyrdrmz at May 21, 2007 09:44 AM
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