be careful what you wish for
..cos you might get it.
monday, 13 october - over lunch i told my friend J, the HR Biatch, that I’d love to have a vacation cos i am super toxic already with the wedding preparations and i never wanted to see the office again until 2009 rolls over. we were discussing how i seriously needed all my time focusing on the upcoming wedding and being out of the office is a nice retreat.
fast forward, the day after 14 oct (tues) — i went to the office with a slight fever, convinced that i could pull it off and finish ten thousand things i must attend to. i must distribute client emails, write a story, edit another one, monitor some news, etc. etc. over a thick jacket and boots, i braved the pouring rain…
as soon as i step into the office, i knew it was a bad idea. my fever’s running on 37, i am cold, i could hardly stand, and i was dizzy. at 10AM, i called it a day and went home.
at home, and an hour after…my fever reached up to 41 degrees and i was throwing up like crazy, staining my sheets, the jacket and my bedroom floor. i was rushed to the hospital where interns (no McDreamy in sight, sorry) pumped four different medicines directly unto my veins, I–then promptly passed out out on a chair on the emergency room.
I was discharged an hour after only to be rushed back in less than 20 seconds due to continuous vomitting on the hospital door. i stayed a few hours back at the emergency section, which i was again discharged after cautious checks.
in short, my prayer was answered. i was given 2 days bedrest, which i pulled into 3…i have a recurring headache, my nose is numb due to too much mucus build up and i take an assortment of medicines every 4 hours.
If this is how prayers are answered, I’d take the office anytime–just spare me four days of pathetic agony.
I am fine now, but still…it was a sick leave i’d rather not repeat. Being sick is hell. I don’t recognize the taste or smell of food, i got body pains and my body is now a mucus wonderland.
hopefully Monday, I’d be okay.
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