Sick and Suffering

So it is not malaria, or meningitis, thankfully, just an intensely awful flu/cold/Upper Respiratory Infection that has swept through the household (Maya is not yet ill, but it is inevitable that she will be) and hit us hard. Eric was in bed all Sunday and into Monday and is dragging himself around in agony. I don't believe I have ever had such a horrible cold in my life. I am sore all over, headachy dizzy, shivering regularly, and I cannot talk or hear anything. Great for being a psychiatrist!

Poor little Maya is not getting a whole lot of care taking. She seems so self sufficient. Her life is quite ordered and organized and she knows where to go, what to do, and Eric and I share the driving now. Until our neighbours Noah and Susie left for a sabbatical in Seattle last week, we had one car and one motorcycle. Eric tried to rent 'zip cars' when I needed his help, which is rather expensive, so I felt guilty about asking him to do the driving. Noah has given Eric the use of his car when necessary, so for now we do have two cars and can share the considerable amount of chauffeuring required in Maya's considerable schedule. So she is well taken care of by very impaired parents, who are marginally functional. AT least for now. I am debating antibiotic treatment....this may be more serious than I came to believe after initially discarding my first concerns.

Whew!