Alive...

I'm alive though barely. I woke up today around 11 am Eastern Time, hiccup free (fingers crossed) and wondering what day it is and what have I missed. Last week, starting on Monday I had a fever of 100+ degrees that lasted all week. On Wednesday of last week I made my way into health services at school where they took blood to check for mono and a throat culture to check the white substance on the back of my throat. Good news was that it wasn't mono, bad news was it was strep. Thursday, I was so out of it from the fever that I couldn't get to class, but I travelled into campus to get the penicillin. I started it immediately. Saturday... the hiccups started. It turns out that my throat was so damaged from the strep that it caused acid reflux which caused hiccups. I hiccuped non-stop Sunday and Monday.

Monday night I woke up to get out of bed for fear of keeping Sarah awake. Turns out.. she had all ready left and was on the couch. I kicked her back into bed.. and i laid on the couch. A few hours later I drove to the ER to be treated. They gave me a mouth and throat numbing concoction plus some ant-acid. They sent me home with industrial strength pepcid and a tranquilizer. So, I've been asleep for 2 days, I woke up today finally hiccup free and not really knowing what day it is or what I've missed in the world since Sunday.

But I will tell you this, I had some awful nightmares while sleeping. Many of them revolved around failing to finish the Grand Slam and my future failure at the Vermont 100. I woke up a few times, in tears, thinking I had failed to finish the Vermont 100 for three straight years. I recently signed up for the Vermont 50 with my goal being to pace folks to PR's.. and right now I don't know what I'm going to do. I haven't run a step since Leadville.. spending most of the time being sick. But I do know that after these night mares an with what looms ahead... I'm going to get back on the roads, better then ever and start training for whatever comes in the future.

SJ