Archives for September 2012

Repeat of yesterday, feeling like my hearing is slightly better, but still a long way to go. Still don’t feel well enough to ride, so it looks like we’ll be staying a few more days, to recuperate some more before we ride.

Woke up a few times during the night, but stayed in bed late to make up for it. Still can’t hear very well, and yesterday’s trip might have been a bit of a recovery setback, but we still felt like we had to move. Spent the day mostly resting and trying to continue recuperating.

Finally got the energy to unpack our big bag and hang everything back up in the van (our second closet). Did some preparation for our departure tomorrow, we just can’t put it off any longer, we’ve got to get back on the road, no matter how we feel, or we’re never going to get to all the places we want to get to before the end of the season.

Still can’t hear, but starting to feel a little better. Still spending most of our time resting, though.

We had originally planned on leaving today, but we were both still just worn out, decided to stay and recharge our batteries a couple more days. Finally got the energy to unpack two of our suitcases, but not enough to unpack the largest one. That was about the extent of our energy.

Feeling slightly better, still can’t hear, and I’m a little worried about it. Decided that since we had to go out to do some shopping that we would stop at a clinic nearby just to get checked out. The nurse practitioner prescribed eardrops to prevent infection in the perforated ear, but just said to stay on the Sudafed regime, and to have a followup with an ENT (like we have time for that!) She didn’t seem to think my hearing in the left ear would come back for awhile, but that the right ear should recover before to long. Once we finished there, we got home and crashed again, still recovering from the past six weeks of non-stop activity.

Woke up early out of habit, but didn’t get out of bed until much later. Still can’t hear, throat just as sore as it was the first day I got sick, spent most of the day in bed or in my recliner. Yuck!

As the flight left at 9:30, we got up early, our car service picking us up at 7:00, then we enjoyed a fairly leisurely breakfast at the airport before our flight. Thankfully, this flight wasn’t quite as cold as the first one, so I didn’t have a relapse. However, by the time we landed, not only could I not hear in my left ear, which was the one that had been perforated, now my right ear was deaf as well. No matter what I did, swallowing, blowing my nose, whatever, I couldn’t get my ear clear, so now I’m pretty much deaf now. Wonder how long this is going to last. Got back to the trailer, and I was so exhausted that every fiber of my body was screaming at me “Go to bed!!” So that’s exactly what I did, just climbed into bed and didn’t move until supper time. Had a meal, watched a little TV, then went straight back to bed.

Slept late, then dressed and walked to the First Watch restaurant a few blocks away, grateful for some fresh air and a change of scene, having been nowhere except the hotel and the Forum for the last 10 days. Had a nice brunch, took a walk, then back to the hotel for a nap. We made arrangements to meet another friend at a little Thai restaurant within shuttle distance, enjoyed a nice early dinner with him, than back to the hotel to relax for the evening, another much needed early night to bed.