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 Hey y’all. 

Sorry for the truancy you guys. Thanks for everyone that took the time to offer up encouragement and even rude jokes to keep my spirits up. I’d have responded but I’ve been in and out of it for the last week. When I came down with it my lungs filled up with fluid and I couldn’t breathe. I pussed out and went down to Emergency and asked them if they could look at me. I figured all I needed was a puffer/inhaler or some decent prescription cough medicine - but they gave the works. I got X-rayed and blood tested at 4:30 in the morning, and was starting to breathe normally by 5:00. I fell asleep because starving for air is actually exhausting work. While I snored they put in an IV and shot me full of magnesium. I’da thunk I’d be all full of heavy metal from all the metal shavings and crud down in the Reclusium but I wasn’t in any shape to argue. The pièce de résistance was a simple warm wool blanket. They threw one on me that must a come right out of the drier. I tried to refuse it because I didn’t want to be a pain but they insisted. I didn’t realize that I was actually very cold and it was like the glory of God settling on my shoulders when they threw it on me. I was hooked up to a scoreboard and by the time we left the wife said my magnesium and O2 levels were back in the green. I felt bad because they spent a lot of time on me - all I needed was my airways opened up. But I guess they gotta give ya the full meal deal. I am forced to retract some things I’ve said about the medical profession.

I’ve had pneumonia before … but never like this. The flu is nasty but combined with the pneumonia - it rocks your world a bit. I guess it’s the weekend and the boys are out hunting without me. It’s just as well, I’m still light headed and tired. 

I haven’t eaten anything for a couple days so maybe I’ll go get something to eat and start looking for rotten jokes. Thanks again for dropping by. 

Cheers!

Filthie