Would You Rather. . .
backstory: karen is going to guatemala (soonish) and had to get various immunizations today in order to prepare for this venture.
while taking a fifteen minute break in the mall, i received a voice mail from karen after she had been "immunized:"
"hey kel, it's karen. so, i just left the place where i had to go to get all of those shots for guatemala. they gave me two options to make sure i don't get typhoid. i could either get a shot that lasts for two years. or i could take these pills for 8 days, and that lasts for 5 years. . . but i can't drink. i literally pulled out my calender to see what i had goin on this weekend to make sure not drinking for 8 days would fit into my schedule."
of course, since she is going into the peace corp soonish, the 5 year plan sounded like the most obvious option.
would you rather have typhoid or a few nights out?
karen's not sure; though she feels unopened bottles of bud light peering at her in disgust. . .
xoxox,
kellieannie
posted by Kellie @ 8:55 PM
1 Comments:
I, personally, would rather go without drinking for a few days. I know, I know, call me crazy, but I can't see the trade off. Besides, a little self discipline never hurt anyone and a dry spell will allow the cobwebs forming in your boozy mind to clear. For the record there are two phases of classic typhoid fever:
1st phase: the patient's temperature rises gradually to 40ºC and the general condition becomes very poor with bouts of sweating, no appetite, coughing and headache. Constipation and skin symptoms may be the clearest symptoms. Children often vomit and have diarrhoea. The first phase lasts a week and towards the end the patient shows increasing listlessness and clouding of consciousness.
2nd phase: in the second to third weeks of the disease, symptoms of intestinal infection are manifested and the fever remains very high and the pulse becomes weak and rapid. In the third week the constipation is replaced by severe pea-soup-like diarrhoea. The faeces may also contain blood. It is not until the fourth or fifth week that the fever drops and the general condition slowly improves.
Actually, it just sounds like last weeks hangover so what do you have to lose. Bottoms Up!
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