Remember how sick the Wonderful Spouse was last Friday? (For those not in the know, they sent him home from work because he was so sick). He took it easy all weekend and seemed to be doing better. Starting Monday afternoon, he started feeling worse. On Tuesday, people at work were again worried about him and told him to call the doctor. He did try, but apparently everyone is sick so the phone was busy (a bunch of people I work with are sick too).
He’s been going in every Wednesday for 6 weeks to have his blood pressure checked, so at this week’s appointment he told them his symptoms. They found his temp was 101 and they came back with a diagnosis of pneumonia. Yahoo! Ironically, there is another guy that he works with that had pneumonia a couple of weeks ago (pneumonia isn’t contagious but it seems sort of strange that out of 9 people in the shop, 2 have had it within a short time span).
Monday, we must have attracted a stray hummingbird or two as the feeder was hit hard. Nothing has fed off it since I added new nectar last week (it’s a small feeder, made from a couple of test tubes, so it’s easy to see if anything has fed off of it). Both tubes were seriously depleted on Monday, so I filled them again in case more migrants find their way to our place.
The trees are starting to change color - at least the maples are. Cop Car and HH seem to have timed their trip just right to get a good look at the foliage; I heard on the local news channel that the northern tier of the state should be at peak foliage next week.
Today, I take the truck in for its 7,000 mile service. I’m actually a little early because it needs its second service at 7,500 miles, but it I don’t get it done this Friday, I’ll have gone over the mileage (by a good chunk) by the time I could take it in a couple of weeks from now. Let’s see, 7,000 miles in less than 3 months (June 30 was when I picked it up) – that makes for over 21,000 miles a year. Wichi Dude won’t be there with his struck until 2008 or so -LOL.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're just jealous. The resale value on mine will still be high LONG from now.
But at least you're getting your money's worth out of it.
Posted by: Wichi Dude | September 24, 2004 at 07:18 PM
Bogie, please tell WS that HH and I are terribly sorry that he has the crud. I'm assuming that the physician said that pneumonia wasn't catching, because I would have thought (there I go trying to make believe that I have a brain) that a pneumococcal infection could be spread from person to person. Not that I've ever known anyone who caught it from another. We can change our plans if WS would be inconvenienced by current plans.
P.S. I got a pneumonia shot at my last physical.
Posted by: Cop Car | September 24, 2004 at 08:20 PM
...well, if it ain't contagious then someone needs to look at the working conditions - especially if another person goes down with it...
...give him my best - I would have nipped out and bought a *get well soon* card but I hate the way the person in the shop just doesn't care :^)...
Posted by: billy | September 25, 2004 at 03:40 AM
WD - You're right, mine won't have a bit of resale value when it's time to get another one!
CC - WS mentioned to the doc that someone else in the shop had just had pneumonia and the doc said it wasn't catching. It's an opportunist that takes advantage of when the immune system is not up to snuff. This makes sense for the other guy becuase he had lukemia and went thru chemotherepy a couple of months ago.
And by the way - no need to change your plans, he should be mending well by the time you get here.
Billy - The working conditions are pretty good for a steel shop. The culprit is probably that they have been working a lot with galvanized steel and welding or grinding it sends really nasty stuff into the air (they have a ventilation system but it can't protect those that are right on top of the steel while they are welding/grinding). Additionally, the Wonderful Spouse has been about as sleep-deprived as I have been lately. Not a good combination!
Posted by: bogie | September 25, 2004 at 06:39 AM
Billy--Uh-huh, there you go cross-pollinating within the family blogsphere. If you're not careful we shall do to you what we did to Buffy by voting you into our extended family!! Just consider the expense of attending our family reunions.
Posted by: Cop Car | September 25, 2004 at 11:49 AM
...can I *back claim* b'day pressies :^)...
Posted by: billy | September 25, 2004 at 04:01 PM
Fat chance, Billy! Family membership entails "obligations" rather than "privileges". I'll give you points for trying, though. *Giggles & Grins*
Posted by: Cop Car | September 26, 2004 at 04:58 AM
Ruh roh....I missed this post! First....WS...I hope you're feeling better. P-numonia is nothing to sniffle at..... (sorry, I couldn't help myself)
And...er....does that mean billy and I will be related? Could you be a little more specific about what that relationship is? Maybe BlogBrudder, or sumpin.
Posted by: Buffy | September 27, 2004 at 09:45 PM
Buffy--Billy will be your brother-in-blog--although...I do like your BlogBrudder. Brudder-in-blog? E-gads! Just think what Elder Brother will say when I send him the new additions for our family tree.
Posted by: Cop Car | September 27, 2004 at 11:33 PM
I leave my blog for 1 day - Just 1 day and look what happens to it! LOL
Posted by: bogie | September 28, 2004 at 04:07 AM