Get Well Soon

I am sick. I have been sick for about 5 days. I finally broke down yesterday and called the doctor and they told me there were some drugs that were safe for me to take while pregnant. What the neglected to tell me is that you can't take any of the good stuff!! I wanted something to knock me out. I miss the days of taking a couple night-time cold pills and sleeping until morning. Instead, I get Sudafed non-drowsy. It gets rid of my sniffles for about an hour and then they are back again. The other downfall of pregnancy and sickness is that you must follow dosing. Not that I have ever tried to OD but I have never been one to watch the clock and wait exactly 4-6 hours. Now that I have this other little life inside of me I always error on the side of caution. I lean toward the 6 hours just to be safe. So I suffer. And to top it all off, I have a sick husband as well. He has still be wonderful and taking very good care of me but there is one thing that sickness causes that he cannot control...SNORING!! I slept for about 4 hours total last night. Between trips to the bathroom, blowing my nose and his lovely snoring, there was no sleep to be had. Of course he doesn't know he is doing this, so I cannot be upset. But still every time I hear those snores I find myself ready to attack. Seriously, I feel as though I am being punished.

Today I am home from work again. As if a whole weekend on the couch wasn't enough, I am here again for another day. So the care-plan I have given myself is as follows... I plan to drink lots of fluids. The doctor told me yesterday that I needed to make sure that I stay very hydrated. Not a problem since I can only breath through my mouth and need water every 2 seconds to keep my mouth from completely drying out. I will keep taking my medicine every 6 hours. No sooner and no later. I should set a timer on my phone. Finally, I will get lots of rest. Since I didn't sleep much at all last night I will spend my day in and out of sleep watching A Baby Story on TLC. Maybe I will get lucky and find another Law and Order marathon! My hope is to enter the real world again tomorrow. Work misses me, I am sure. But I must say I am actually missing work. Not something I ever thought I would say. But I must stay home one more day and take care of myself and the little life inside of me.

Oh and my post would not be complete without sharing one last thing...Tylenol doesn't work. I am a person who used to pop 800mg of ibuprofen at the first sign of pain and now I get to take 2 regular strength Tylenol after trying everything else possible to make my headaches go away. So, needless to day, I miss my over the counter, completely safe for non-pregnant people, drugs!