Brush Strokes of The Master Painter
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Mary's little lamb turns 10
I'd been pregnant for a year or at least it felt that way. Tired and puffed up like a porcupine fish, I longed for the day I would deliver. My nose extended so far I would have given Pinocchio a run for his money. When I first felt the flatters in my tummy, my heart skipped. I looked fixedly as a fully formed figure with arms and legs moved and stretched during the ultra sound scan. My life changed forever. I smiled, oohed and aahed in absolute excitement. The feeling that an alien had assumed control of my body was justified. My mood swings and weird cravings were justified too. I could even make a point for hiding Sam's deodorant. Sleeping was a project, I sat up to turn over in bed, I contemplated each move as though I was navigating a forest. I was torn between shutting the windows to sweat like a trapped thief or being harassed by mosquitoes as they expressed undying love for my blood. With a ravenous appetite I diced whole Pineapples and slurped up every last ...
Beautiful Scenes in Cold Temperatures
It was a deathly cold day but the scenes were just as breath taking.
An encounter with Streptococcal
It happened over the course of a day. My throat begun to tighten and by evening I could barely swallow. My throat burned. I lost appetite! My body shut down! Day 2 I suffered a fever and general body weakness. I called in sick. Swallowing required attention and commitment. It felt like swallowing broken glass. By the 3rd night I was having weird dreams. I became empathetic of mouth and throat cancer patients. I begun to suspect I had strep throat because I didn't have the usual flu symptoms. My fears were confirmed. I was placed on a penicillin medication whose side effects are as bad as the sickness; headache, stomach pain, dizziness and itchy eyes. I thought I would ask for something milder but my requests fell flat. Doctor told me I had received the standard adult doze and that I need to hung in there. She said if I didn't finish the doze I would expose myself to Rheumatic Heart Disease, talk about a wake up call. So how did I get Strep? Well it's caused by s...