Grateful Blog

Today I’m grateful that:

• The medication worked quickly, and I had my first real meal tonight for the first time in more than a week. Haddock with linguine and asparagus may not sound that exciting, but trust me, it was heavenly!
• We have such great neighbors. We ran into our next-door neighbor, Artie, while we were out to dinner, and he not only offered to drive Chad to/from his new job whenever needed, but told us his garage is usually open and that we can help ourselves to his snow-blower if he’s not around, AND said we can have his current snow-blower as soon as he talks his wife into buying a new one. Woo hoo!

Today I’m grateful that:

• I have such a great primary care physician. Shout-out to Dr. Geoffrey Burns at Waltham Family Medicine! He is such a smart, thoughtful, kind doctor, and his attitude spreads to everyone in the office. I’ve never had a remotely bad experience in his office, and that’s saying something, given how much time I’ve spent there in the past four years!
• Dr. Burns identified my illness as food poisoning, not a stomach virus, and gave me medication that will hopefully get me back to feeling normal sometime soon.
• Looking at the positives of feeling like I’ve been knocking on death’s door for a solid week — I’m wearing a size smaller jeans than I was a week ago, and have caught up on almost two full seasons of Smallville! I mean, hey, with most of my body in pain, at least my eyes felt better watching Tom Welling (Sorry, Chad!)

Today I’m grateful for:

• My parents were able to drive me to the doctor’s office, with Chad unable to leave work and myself unable to drive myself due to … well, the whole reason I was going to the doctor’s, a lovely stomach virus keeping me from eating or drinking anything for three days!
• Everyone at the Urgent Care facility in Waltham for pumping me full of fluids, anti-nausea and pain meds, and doing it all with sympathetic and patient smiles on their face. It makes a difference!
• Whatever little machine that warms the blankets in the Urgent Care facility — that thing is magical! I would like one for my home.