Comments on: The post where I finally crack up for good

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:10:14 +0000

A good friend of mine was just diagnosed with parvo! She was in and out of doctors offices for months, had vial after vial of blood drawn and still no idea of what was wrong with her. She had three kids at home (small) and was afraid it was all in her head too! Glad you are feeling better.

By: The Bloggess » Don't eat your baby

The Bloggess » Don't eat your baby — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:45:03 +0000

[...] I’m not ignoring you, I’m just still really, really sick. I am answering emails but in slow motion. It’s not you. It’s me. [...]

By: Spamboy

Spamboy — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:58:40 +0000

I understand the onslaught of shit — I just got done dealing with my mother almost bleeding to death from a ruptured esophagus, just days after I had to wheel my wife into surgery, while trying to complete a post on my own blog about the first time I thought I was going to die. Hope you’re feeling better.

By: Lexa

Lexa — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:45:32 +0000

Ugh, Fifth’s Disease (AKA Human Parvo) is NOT fun. I now know I had it in January 2006 when I went to the doctor with aching joints, extreme tiredness, etc. Instead of a simple blood test, he put me on an antipressant. Gee, thanks. So when I found I was recently exposed through a friend’s kid and I was (at the time) less than 20 weeks pregnant, my OB ran a test and said I’d already had it and was immune.

Praying for a fast recovery for you!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:43:57 +0000

OMG I’m so sorry. That sucks. I hope you are getting a ton of rest and have a speedy recovery and all that jazz… and lay off the dog kissing, ok?

By: Robinella

Robinella — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:53:32 +0000

Jenny, Jenny, Jenny. What do I even say to this? Except glad your Dad came through properly.

By: nikki

nikki — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:03:19 +0000

Shitzu? I’d have thought you were more of a cockapoo.

By: kittenpie

kittenpie — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:24:32 +0000

Oh, you silly. That’s a common childhood disease also known as Fifth Disease (as in, the fifth on the list of common childhood maladies) or Slapped Cheek, for the redness that often comes with it. It’s caused by Human Parvovirus (with some code like B19 after it). Pumpkinpie had it last year.

But if you start shedding and running in circles… you may want to go see the vet.

By: The Bloggess » The Pee Cheerleader

The Bloggess » The Pee Cheerleader — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:02:51 +0000

[...] too tired to even go into the details because this mono/dog disease crap still has me mostly bedridden but I have to tell you that yesterday I left bed to take Hailey to [...]

By: motherofbun

motherofbun — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:44:56 +0000

Gah. So sorry to hear you are feeling Crappy with a capital C. I’m not laughing at you but I am laughing at all of these comments.

Hope you get some seriously awesome drugs! Rest up too.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:21:53 +0000

Please feel better soon. I look forward to reading your blog after a hard day at work and it’s just not the same without you. Thanks for all the honesty about being a mom. Love ya!

By: L

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:31:17 +0000

Why can’t you just go back to being mentally ill, instead of physically ill? You always write so poignantly when that happens…seriously, though, Parvo? I had a friend that had a dog with that once, and he almost didn’t survive (but he did) – he was a bag of bones during the illness, but later turned out to be the meanest watchdog ever!

By: C

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:32:22 +0000

I think Hamlet observed, “When sorrows come, they come not [as] single spies, but in battalions.” I think this means that the barbarious hordes of germs ravaging your body should be the first and last wave of disease you have to deal with for a while. Take precautions to avoid being re-invaded.

I came up with a completely non-canine metaphor. Wasn’t that kind of me?

By: wordgirl

wordgirl — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:14:12 +0000

Cheer up. Isn’t parvo more of a puppy illness? At least you have young dog’s sickness rather than the…um…other.

By: wolfbaby

wolfbaby — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:55:45 +0000

im so glad your dad is doin ok and his surgry went well

as for you

go back to bed and rest that is a heck of alot to be dealing with!!