January 27, 2005
The Plague of Death (TM)
As you have noticed, my blog has lain almost totally dormant for the past 10 days. Sorry. About 2 days after my last entry I was stricken with a nasty and virulent PLAGUE OF DEATH (TM) which laid me flat (well, reclined) for the better part of a week.
I missed classes. I missed work. I missed going to Bode. It really sucked.
It kind of moved in odd waves. The fever stage, which came first, was the worst. I spent entire days shivering under a blanket. Then the cough started up, and that was really evil as well. Then the fever returned again. And left. And came back. And then I went to the doctor and my disease ran screaming before his words of medical wisdom.
Not really.
He said I had strep throat and gave me a prescription for penicillin, which seems to be slowly working. I don't understand how it's strep throat when my throat didn't get sore until I had been coughing violently for two days . . . but I'm not a doctor.
So, anyway, I'm back now, more or less. The PLAGUE OF DEATH (TM) is on the wane . . . which is to say, it is slowly leaving me and moving among other happy denizens of the Ice Cave. I say happy. They aren't very happy with ME.
Posted by Jared at January 27, 2005 04:30 PM | TrackBackIndeed ... my sympathies, Mr. Wilson. By the way, your line "laid me flat (well, reclined)" struck me in a most wonderful fashion. A good turn of words is a beautiful thing, so thank you.
Posted by: Daniel Leatherwood at January 28, 2005 12:36 AMOuch!! Wrong blog! That what happens when you pull up all the tabs and don't keep count of which tab you're on ... so my apologies and still profound sympathies, Mr. Wheeler.
Posted by: Daniel Leatherwood at January 28, 2005 12:38 AMI knew that something must have been going on with you. I thought you might be dead, but I knew that your parents would at least call me in that case. Well, glad you're still alive, get well soon, and . . . that's all.
Posted by: Andy at January 28, 2005 12:56 AMI am not too proud to ask two questions:
1) What does "TM" stand for, and
2) Did all you guys go to the same doctor receive a generic diagnosis?
Posted by: Ma Hoyt at January 28, 2005 10:16 PM...(and) receive....
Posted by: Ma Hoyt at January 29, 2005 12:35 PM1) "TM" stands for "TradeMark," indicating that "The Plague of Death" is an officially copyrighted title, possibly marketable . . . though not by me, of course.
2) We did not. Rachel, Anna, and I all went to the same Doc. He told us different things. Gallagher figured something like, "Duh. It's bronchitis," and went across the street to the clinic to tell them so. And they gave him medicine.
Posted by: Blame Jared at February 1, 2005 02:50 AMThere's a difference between trademark and copyright, you know.
Posted by: Wilson at February 3, 2005 10:09 AM