My weeklong vacation went something like this:
From:
Beach chairs to back aches
Jugs of sangria to bags of saline
S’mores to sores
Crispy chips to numbing chills
Sandy dunes to swelling joints
Family time to fever spikes
Hermit crabs to headaches
Savory lobster rolls to spinal taps
Ultraviolet to ultrasound
Inventions to infections
Exotics to antibiotics
Enchanting room to Emergency room
And hospital rooms, where I write this from.
I am in good hands and feeling better. They want to keep me for one more night stay at which point I will run, far, far away.
brickhousechick 
Ack!!! Last we saw you, you were lying peacefully on the beach! May the source be identified, and the bad bugs zapped. Soon!
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I did look good on that beach, didn’t I? I am happy that I enjoyed most of my week away. Just a little bump on the road that cut my vacation short. AY! 🙂
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Boo! 😦
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Boo x 100. 🙂
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Ack! What happened?? I hope you’re okay now!
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Still here. Shit getting old. #getmeoutofhere
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That sounds horrible! If it’s tick born, have them check for Lyme Disease. It’s supposed to give you Rheumatoid Arthritis. Since you already have it, maybe it will cure you! Feel better Chica! The last Bachelorette is on tonight!
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They finally figured out the mystery. Not tick-borne, a bacterial infection gone to the blood stream. Almost septic. Glad to be alive. 🙂
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Ss am I!!!!!
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Maria, what in the world happened !!???? I know…., you forgot to get a noproplemvacation shot before you left. Glad you’re doing better. 😉
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Darn it! You are right Paul. I should have gotten the shot. Hoping to go home tomorrow. 🙂
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Oh no! You looked great when I saw you. So sorry to hear this! What a bummer. Hope you’re feeling better very soon!
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Hi Laura! It was great seeing you and your family too! 🙂 All was good with the world until Friday. Got massive back pains, chills and a fever. It was good I went to the ER on Sat. I feel lucky to be alive! Hoping to go home tomorrow. 🙂
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Well, I don’t mean to rub salt and sand in your wounds, but you suck at this whole vacation thing…
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Well, I did it really well for most of the week. It was at the end of the week that I slipped and really sucked at it. Hoping to be released tomorrow. Scary stuff.
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I was just teasing… hope you feel better.
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Oh no!!! Praying for you, Maria! Hope you feel better very soon.
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Hi Linda, I did get to enjoy most of my vacation before things turned. Hoping to be released tomorrow. Thanks for the prayers. xo
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Oh no! Sending you hugs and luvs from NC.
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Thank you, sweet Shannon. I received them. 🙂
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You’re having a way better sense of humour about it than I would! And here I was thinking you were living it up on the beach 😦 Hope you can ditch the hospital soon and get back to your chips and Sangria!
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Gracias. Pepi’s mama. It’s been a rough couple of days. I did get to enjoy most of the week and in fact, read the Pepi books to my niece! She is entering first grade and I didn’t realize what a reader she was so she even read one herself! Very adorable. We loved Pepi.
I am hoping to be released tomorrow but trying to process what the doc said today. I am lucky to be alive. #grateful
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That’s a beautiful image you’ve given me of your niece reading the book! So glad you got to read it together before you landed in hospital… and immensely more glad that you are still with us. What a terrifying experience!
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Holy crap! Get better and get back to more sangria!
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Amen to more Sangria! It tastes better than hospital food, that’s for sure. Hoping to be released tomorrow. 🙂
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Boooo. So sorry to hear your vacation got wrecked. I hope you’re out of there soon!
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Thanks so much, Molly. Still here at this hospital resort but maybe tomorrow will be my release day. Scary stuff, I am glad I survived.
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Good grief lady! What happened??? If you’re comfortable broadcasting on the Internet. My fingers are crossed you’re out tomorrow!
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They finally found the source of my infection today! xo
https://brickhousechick.com/2014/07/28/health-update-i-was-closer-to-death-than-i-realized/
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Holy crap lady!!! I’m so glad you went in when you did! That is madness. Wow. I know you are ready to get out of there and get home. Take care – big love to you! XO
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Oh Maria! 😦 I hope this means you’ve turned a corner and are on the mend. So sorry to hear your vacation ended like this. Be well, lovely. xoxo
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Ay, chica. What a crazy couple of days. I didn’t realize how sick I really was until today. Scary stuff. I am stunned and feel blessed to be alive. xoxo
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Gah! (Unless the stay was because of a truly epic level of vacation fun.)
Here’s to you running away to someplace just as nice as where you were before.
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Guapisimo! I miss your foolishness. I did have fun but the infection kicked in NOT because of my fun (I hope). Some scary stuff. I didn’t realize how sick I was and how close I was to dying. Gulp. #feelinggrateful
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Mrs. B! What the?? I cannot believe this happened to you on the Cape. So sorry. It sounds like you are on the mend, Maria. At least you got a lobster roll in. Dang, woman. Get all the way better and fill us in soon.
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Oh Mark! Most of the week was glorious. Friday I felt horrible but no way in hell was I skipping Sesuit Harbor and my lobster roll. So with pain in tow, I secured a picnic table and waited for family to get my order. It was one of the best I’ve had. Went home and in bed by 9:00 pm. Woke up in the middle of the night with horrible shaking chills. Couldn’t get warm. Sat we left and got stuck in bridge traffic and our usual 3.5 hours became 5.5 hours. All this while in excruciating pain and fever. Got home, went straight to the ER. So glad I did. Hopefully they will release me tomorrow.
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Wow, Maria. Some bad bug bit you. Ouch. That ride home must have been awful. I know that traffic is awful when you’re feeling OK. I’m glad to hear you had the comforts of home ER and hospital rather than the Cape strange places, at least, my friend. Get well, get home, get in tip-top shape. ❤
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I’m home!!! Praise the Lord! 🙂
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so sorry marie, and hope you are beginning to feel better. what a terrible way to spend a vacation. hugs )
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Thank you Beth! At least I now know the source of my infection and maybe get to go home tomorrow. 🙂
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I’m so sorry, Marie! However, you must be feeling better because your poem was fantastic! I’ll be praying for you. Take care of yourself. xoxo
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Hi Jill! Hoping to be discharged today, still feeling pretty weak but no fever. White blood cells still elevated. We shall see what doc says today. xoxo
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The poem was good – the sentiment, not so much. Hope you are on the mend
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Thanks, Pam. Remember how my mother-in-law was in the hospital with high fever and a tick-borne infection? They think I have the same thing. How strange is that?
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Not only strange, but downright scary. Hope you are recovering.
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Feel better!
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Thank you kindly!
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Oh my. Great poem, but I am so sorry. Feel better soon.
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Between the intense back pain and fever, I have no clue how I even wrote that poem. Hoping to go home from hospital soon. 🙂
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Yikes! Be and stay well!
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Thank you kindly, Eric. I’m working on it. 🙂
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Oh my God, I’m so sorry! I hope you’re feeling better soon.
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Thank you. Hanging in there. Still @ hospital waiting. They can’t find the source of infection. Possibly tick-borne. We shall see. Thanks for your kind words. 🙂
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Dang, amiga!
My prayers for better health are with you!
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Gracias. They are thinking it is a tick-borne infection. Loading me up with lots of antibiotics and morphine for back pain. No me gusta!
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Nobody would le gusta that caca.
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