On December 23rd I was doing rabbit chores, reached down to pick something up and fell. I pinned my elbow against my ribcage and felt my front ribs buckle....When I scrambled to my feet, they rolled back into place. A horrible feeling..and then pain. Two days later the four of us in my home all came down with Covid. It was not a pleasant journey, but not too much worse than a bad case of the flu. The worst thing was probably the unknown - each time a symptom reared its ugly head, we wondered if something more awful was coming!
We're all doing pretty good now, though we still obviously have chronic Lyme Disease, so we don't exactly get back to feeling great, lol. Here's a little ditty I wrote in the thick of it....I'll leave you with that for now, just so I'm caught up!
COVID tune
Be a guest
You just rest!
Put your family to the test!
Leave the dirty dishes soaking,
Surely they will do the rest!
When the garbage overflows
It will keep them on their toes
All that laundry in the basket
Not a one will blow a gasket
Stuff it in turn it on
It won't take them very long!
On to goat chores and the hen girls
Don't forget to feed my pet squirrels
Did I mention I have rabbits?
Did I say I'm getting cats?
Only three, so don't go bats.
Now....I'm.....sick, feeling queasy
This dumb Covid bug's not easy
Knocks you flat and wears you out
Until about survival, you've got doubt!
On a good day, take a shower
You'll feel fresher than a flower
It will have to last for days then
As it takes up all your strength when
You can't stand up longer than a minute
Or you'll feel Covid will win it.
Three weeks later we're good to go
Almost normal doncha know.
Back to doing all the stuff we do
We survived it....so can you!
