bro I have been SO anxious since last night. what is going on

noooooooo

it feels very Chemicals tm

stupid Chemicals

of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse [...

thank you mj

(also my favorite song on this album is Gronlandic Edit)

doing a long writeup for my upcoming dnd character is a good reminder of why I am not a novelist

it's not that I'm not good at prose longer than tag length. I just. lose steam so fast. who can focus on anything that long

inb4 'you're not good at writing tags either' shut up they're screen directions

Callen woke up and yelled suddenly at least once an hour last night and I am waiting to get bloodwork taken and I will be sitting here with an exhaustion headache for the rest of my life

little man, pls. humans need sleep.

I think it’s teeth stuff as usual

baby body horror :c

I wish I could give him an easier time with it

teeth betrayal 8(

lol we got a note from the daycare like fyi there’s hand foot and mouth happening

Chris & me looking at what we’ve been assuming is a drool rash:

we’re gonna head to the doc tomorrow and see for sure, either way it’s ok because the boy has seemed like he’s in a pretty ok mood and doesn’t a fever

meanwhile just washing our hands ✨a bunch ✨

indeed

house out of ten that’s hand foot n mouth

We took him to the doctor to be sure and she took one look and was like yeah.

He’s pretty far into it though so he’ll be okay and the worst is past

Poor boy. :c

hfm is so annoying

honestly I’m just glad he’s not having a worse time with it

no blisters in his mouth whew

that's good!!

oh mann

in keeping with tradition I now also have hand foot mouth disease

I’m the one who’s been rubbing the medication on his face so color me surprised

I’m mostly just lethargic and sore throaty and glad I don’t have Covid (I took a test)

Callen of course is doing great and making a full recovery

ohhh my god noooo

washing your hands: it’s just not enough (tm)

ugggh the worst

idk how i've managed to somehow never catch it because it was RAMPANT in my classroom for months at my last center, but i wish you the best :x hopefully it's super mild for you

I fully was like oh fuck did I get the flu again that’s not fair

hopefully this will pass a bit faster

apparently it's most contagious before the blisters even show up, which is why it's so hard to keep it from spreading in daycares and stuff

errorchord ty 😭it’s definitely making the rounds at the kindercare and took some teachers out

oh nooooo

my hands are all itchy and weird but that at least gives me an excuse to periodically go CURSE THESE HAAAANDS

which is my consolation prize

lmao I can tell without looking that it’s on my feet too

I’m in hell

good luck, hope yall have a speedy recovery

I just put Benadryl cream all over my hands like it was lotion and the result was Jack Shit

trying to sleep when every centimeter of your hands itch and your feet are catching up

this rules I love it. I’m so glad there’s almost no information on adults contracting this

ugh terrible I’m sorry

like I honestly don’t think I’m going to sleep. I don’t think I can

I’ll be drifting off and then involuntarily scratch my hand against something and wake up

God this is so POINTLESS

it’s 4:30am and I haven’t fallen asleep since going to bed at 10, I’m like psychotic rn

how is this a THING how do people not run off a cliff

Maybe lidocaine cream might provide better results? (I have no personal or anecdotal experience with hand foot mouth)

I’m at the doctor now, I essentially pulled an all nighter

Cannot do that again

Got prescribed lidocaine and hydroxyzine and now I’m just waiting for the pharmacy to open

mannn im so sorry

god this is the worst, hope you can get some rest

Now I’m just waiting for them to kick in

Cries please let me sleep

I gotta say this experience is on par with my pregnancy in terms of Hopeless Misery

Christ. hope you are asleep in minutes.

Hydroxyzine should DEFINITELY help with both the inflammation and inability to sleep

oh cami 8(

It didn’t! Neither of them did jack shit, I’ve been sitting here for an hour

Neither thing even took the edge off. I’m going to fucking lose it

Like the lidocaine just fully didn’t work, I have been able to feel everything this entire time

Hydroxyzine maybe made me a little drowsier??

it's a type of antihistamine. how much are you taking?

50-100mg as needed, I’ve been trying 75 because stuff tends to hit me hard

i love u, hang in there

couple of home remedies I'd suggest: coconut oil applied to any blisters, and a colloidal oatmeal bath

Thanks pal

I’ve been able to nap a couple times today with limited success. The good news is it has not gotten worse even if it also hasn’t gotten better

This at least is on a timeline and I think today is day 4 of 7

aughhh survive pls

the worst part is that Callen was home today and I can’t hold him because it hurts

Can’t help him walk etc but he really wants me to

this fucking sucks

oh noooooooo :c

in a change of pace: I'm recovering btw it's fine but also pip went to the vet today and got so many compliments because he is beautiful and polite

I brought him in to get his lil skin tags looked at and they're just part of the package ig, they don't seem to be doing anything evil

sulking