Well, what a strange trip this week has been.

[David R. Block]

Last Sunday morning, I got chills in church. Attributing that to either a movement of the Spirit, or some Deacons messing with the thermostat, I attempted to blow it off. However, the condition persisted until I took a long afternoon nap with my granddog, Amber. Upon waking and going downstairs to watch the Grammy Awards, my daughter commented on my swollen NOSE. Finally took my Temp. and found 101.5. &@$%!!!! Went to bed and woke up to my wife commenting on my swollen FACE. She went on to work and I made a doctor's appointment. Since my eyes were now swollen half shut, my daughter drove. He gave me some Horse-Choker antibiotics. and sent me home, telling me to go to the ER if I got worse. Daughter dropped me off and went to work. When she got home and saw me, she HAD A COW, and ordered my wife to take me to the ER (she has done this before, once when my wife had appendicitis and would not go, and when my wife had a broken finger and would not go). Due to her track record, we went to the ER around midnight Monday.

My arrival sent the infectious disease doctors into a panic. This condition is known as Facial Cellulitus, or Erysipelas. MAY BE GROSS TO SOME:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erysipelas There is a nice list of the "famous" people who have died from it on the Wikipedia page, just to make me feel better (Wikipedia, thanks for nothin', pal...).

Tuesday morning I woke up in the Hospital with slits for eyes and at about 102.5. I finished my last IV antibiotic today at about 7 AM, and I am now home taking 4 horse-chokers . My e-mail from Sunday thru Tuesday was deleted. That means that I have Wednesday thru Saturday in my Inbox now (*&@#%!!!!).

I will wade through the best that I can.

David

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"It seems as though you can't go a week without some idiotic myrmidon yelling, 'there oughta be a federal law!'"—Neal Boortz

 

[Chris Hahn]

Yikes!  I looked at the Wikipedia article.  You must have been a good lookin’ dude.

 

Good thing your daughter has more common sense than her Dad!

 

Chris

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[David R. Block]

Or her mother, who kept looking at me as though NOTHING HAD CHANGED.

David

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David :
Needless to say, my prayers for your recovery. Doesn't sound like

what you are going through has been any fun at all.

 

What is the prognosis ?

 

Hope you are up and at 'em again, soon.

 

Billy

 

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[David R. Block]

Now I am home. There will be some disfigurement. Most likely the nose, because it still looks a little like W. C. Fields would be proud of it, and it is apparently the origin point, although no one ever said that. There was redness over almost all of the face, except for the chin and the very high forehead. Even got the ear canals involved (What? Huh? SPEAK UP ALREADY). All of that swelled to the point that the eyes were almost closed.

This COULD HAVE caused a brain infection, followed by one hell of a case of meningitis.

[David R. Block]

Since I don't live in front of the mirror, I could not really tell if I had gotten worse or not. My wife was not noticing the subtle changes in further swelling. Daughter had a 7 hour break from seeing me.

Guess that was enough to notice the differences.

David

"It seems as though you can't go a week without some idiotic myrmidon yelling, 'there oughta be a federal law!'"—Neal Boortz

 

On 2/18/2012 9:17 PM, Chris Hahn wrote:

[Chris Hahn]

W.C. Fields would be proud of the red nose... he would have even been prouder if you followed his advice... “Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.”

 

How are you doing?  Are you back to work yet?  If so, did you freak out you co-workers?

[David R. Block]

Today was a company holiday. The freak out is scheduled for tomorrow. :-)

I haven't shaved in 11 days by morning, so if the flaky skin won't get them, the whiskers will.

David

[David R. Block]

The not shaving was a suggestion by one of the doctors and my Sunday School teacher.

David

[Chris Hahn]

Let us know how it went with the gasp-o-meter.

[David R. Block]

It was the "What happened to you???" meter. The picture on the cell phone freaked everyone out.

David

[Chris Hahn]

Now that the drama is over, I guess it is now back to life as normal.