SICK

Last night was terrible. I cannot sleep due to my swelled tonsil, I cannot even eat ( fortunately I still can breath). It gave me a shiver, then my body turned hot immediately. I told Janet, she thought I had caught a flu, so she came right away to my house and used a traditional therapy: a silver dime covering in a boiled egg white, and both covered by a cloth. She used it to scratch my forehead, my arms, my legs and my back. After that I was forced to drink some herbal pills. And then she picked me up to a gruel vendor in district 5. Actually, we didn't aim to end up at dis5, I supported to go to Hang Xanh circle, where is famous for their white hot porridge ( I mentioned in some of my first blogs). I bet yesterday is not my day, I can't find any of them. So we moved to dis5. Long time travelled on the street in such a windy day made me feel worse. And 50,000 VND for a bowl of porridge + century eggs + pork balls made me totally ill! Even Janet paid for them. But It was too much!

I came back home and took a rest. The same symptoms happened again. I tried to sleep, it was around 11pm. I woke up at 2:51 in the morning and had a shiver again. Suddenly I remembered the time I was sent to Cho Ray hospital, in the Emergency room, was left alone on the stretcher, surrounded by a lot of serious injured patients. I couldn't faint, or unconscious, awoke in 4 hours. This time, was the same. My mom and my sister went to Hanoi, there were only dad and borther-in-law at home. Both of my family men thought I could bear with every poignant in life without complaining, so that's why I did not expect more on them. I stood up, went to the computer, tried to listen to some music, then went back to my bed. Yet music somehow too pesky. I turned it off and suffered alone, again.

I have to admit that I really am lucky to have a friend like Janet. She helps me a lot. This morning she dropped by my house to ride me to the hospital. Apparently I have a serious swelling on my tonsil, was supported by a doctor's recipe in 7 days. Hopefully next week I can do a tonsil surgery, remove it right away from my throat. I can't bear it anymore. I still can't sleep because of this confounded pungent throat. Now I feel better, but still HURT a lot!