Dennis has been going through a rough patch health wise. It began with the awful episode of gout, which started to plague him during our trip to New York (seriously marred our trip). His toes started to hurt, but the pain migrated to his knees (not sure if it was gout too or it was because he was putting his weight all funny on his knees), and then caused all over distress in general because he couldn't get comfortable. It wasn't until a few days ago that he regain full use of his body and was fit enough to walk normally and even to do gardening work. In short, it took just about three full weeks for him to recover. Unfortunately, he woke up all tired today. We didn't think much of it and enjoyed a morning with our friends. But as soon as they left, Dennis practically collapsed into bed. He was so tired he was shaking. He had a long nap, but woke up with a massive headache and nausea. Thinking it was simply a case of having too much sun and not enough hydration, he took an advil and drank plenty of water. He recovered enough to take Zoe to pick up groceries. I decided it was not a simple case of exhaustion (or heat exhaustion) when, after dinner, Dennis started to get the shivers and chills again. He came to bed to rest, and woke up only to throw up, hydrate and brush his teeth. Very worrisome!
He is sleeping next to me now, under two layers of blanket. I'm hoping the Chinese method of sweating it out - i.e. elevate body temperature to kill the virus - would help. But he seems not at all sweaty under all that layers. I don't think he is even feeling hot at all. Sigh!
All the healthy eating of fresh produce from our garden hasn't helped. Alas!
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