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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.

Last day of the convention is always a letdown, after the rush, but previously we used to have a wrap party, though we didn’t have one last time, and we didn’t have one this time, so we all ended up drifting away to separate get-togethers, if we have them. Our group ended up back at the hotel, where we had drinks at the bar before heading to bed, having had food at the convention before heading back. We all broke up fairly early though, as Jane and Steve both had 6 a.m. flights, whereas we cleverly arranged to fly out Saturday, knowing we needed a day of rest before facing any travel challenges. We all said our goodbyes and headed off to bed.

Finally felt well enough to go in. My Pink Eye was mostly gone (at least I didn’t look like a Zombie and I was past the contagious stage, or at least I was washing my hands every five minutes to make sure I didn’t spread it), and I was still on enough cough medicine, ibuprofin, Afrin and everything else where I could pass for almost healthy. Rather than disturb what was a system that was obviously working, I just took over the floater detail, which was pretty easy because the bulk of the speakers had already gone through. Ultimately, for me at least, a pretty uneventful day. At least I was there.

Feeling better, but not enough to guarantee I could make it through the day, so instead of going in and making everyone worry about me, I stayed in bed another day, dammit. I did spend the day watching the convention and making notes on all the speakers so I could better guide my coaches tomorrow, so it actually turned out to be a constructive day, though not so much fun as being there…

Spent the whole day in bed, sleeping, occasionally eating, and popping every pill and remedy I could get my hands on. Only felt marginally better, not much. Hubby got back around 10:30, he gave me the highlights. Fortunately, today’s convention schedule had been postponed because of a tropical storm, so a lot of speakers were cancelled anyway.