Just a quick update on the tick bite: The tick tested positive for Lyme, so thank goodness I started treatment. Most of my “typical” lyme symptoms did not come back (presumably, those are the ones that were not side effects of the drug). I have had increased tinnitus, got a bad rash on my hands from the combination of drugs and sun, and have to be careful to take the doxy with food not to get nauseous. The back ache that I had right after the tick bite is well and gone. Overall, this has been a breeze. Just over a week more to go and I’ll be done, thank goodness!
In other news my darling dog, who was apparently on the verge of death, seems to have regained some of her appetite and stabilized. No one knows for sure why … but I did insist she get a month of doxy when things looked most bleak. Could it have been another lyme attack? I will never know for sure, but I am glad she’ll (hopefully) still be around when I get back from my sabbatical.
mom said,
June 16, 2012 at 8:23 am
Demi – your darling dog – sends a tentative wag of her tail :).
She even started walking stairs again: down only; and only if absolutely necessary, like when everyone is one floor below, where all the fun seems to be.