Off We Go
Kevin and I are heading out in the morning for our weekend get-away. Half of the kids are already at their friends’ houses, and we’re taking the other half in an hour. We’ll eat dinner here in town and watch a movie, and then head off to Spokane in the morning. I probably won’t post until Sunday evening or Monday.
If you’re the praying sort, I would appreciate some prayers on our behalf. I went to the doctor on Tuesday for this cough/sinus thingy, and she started me on some antibiotics for bronchitis. I am allergic to three different antibiotics, so she tried me on a sulfa-based one, which I’d never tried before. Well, I had a horrible reaction. Itching, panic attacks, shaky legs, muscle aches, nausea, and fever. My mom had a similar reaction to an antibiotic last year, so I called and asked what it was. Sulfa, of course.
Anyway, I’m on antihistamine to get rid of the allergic reaction, but I’m feeling pretty yucky. The panic attacks have stopped, but I’m feeling completely wrung out and still have a slight temperature. The doctor said there’s no reason to stay home, the rest of the drugs should be out of my system by tomorrow. But I’m also starting a different antibiotic to finish killing off the bronchitis. It’s one I’ve taken before with no problems – don’t know why we didn’t start with that one!
If you feel like sending up some prayers that this medication would clear from my system quickly, that I wouldn’t have any more panic attacks, that the other medication would work to fight this cough, and that my stomach would settle and we could just enjoy our weekend, I would so appreciate it.
I’m not one to find satan behind every bad thing that happens to us, but there seems to be a pattern. Last year before we went away for our annual weekend, I was diagnosed with pleurisy. Could be a coincidence, or it could be the enemy trying to keep us from enjoying the one weekend a year we take for a break from the kids and a chance to talk about and work on our marriage.
I’m so glad we have a God who is faithful, no matter what.
