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As of last night I was able to eat solid food and starting to have an appetite again. This was after forcing myself to put nourishment in and deal with the pain of chicken soup passing through a very sore section of my mid-intestine. Water hurt. Gatorade hurt but made me feel better. Yogurt finally went through in the afternoon without hurting but I still needed to go lie down for a few hours after eating it. By evening, I was craving weird stuff like steak the way my parents used to broil it and vanilla ice cream. What I ate instead was a tuna melt sandwich. Mmmm.

I say that was weird stuff because I rarely eat beef and I don't eat ice cream anymore because of the fat and sugar. It sure would have felt good going down but after mostly fasting for two days I'm sure the sugar would have done a number on me.

Ironically, the day I got sick two fires started up in the mountains nearby. One of them is still burning and has created very bad air conditions. So as my stomach mended my lungs clogged up. Another fire started some distance away but is big enough to fill the central valley with smoke. No matter which way the wind blows, we get smoke. Both fires are bad for people I know.

People I've known for years and some I work with live in the nearby mountains.

My sister's oldest best friend Sue lives in the area where the other fire is with her parents and near her two grown kids. They've evacuated the whole town. An elderly lady died from a heart attack during the evacuation. I worry about them and wonder if they're OK. Can't ask my sister. She's in Australia. I called Sue's parents Mom and Dad long ago but I haven't seen them in close to 30 years. We exchange Christmas cards. I got a letter back the year Nana (Sue's grandmother) died.

Sue and Sue's daughter Holly lived with them around the corner from us when I was in high school. When I wasn't babysitting after school or having play or choir rehearsals, I was playing with Holly. The first children's book I ever wrote and illustrated was for the little boy I was babysitting after school. The second and third books were for Holly.

Holly is nearly 40 now. I think the books were lost in their many moves.

Hope they're OK.

Date: 2008-06-15 09:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] donnickcottage.livejournal.com
Sorry you're feeling so badly. Tuna melt is the yum:)

Date: 2008-06-16 12:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sugarplumkitty.livejournal.com
I'm feeling better, mostly.

Date: 2008-06-16 10:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaquir.livejournal.com
those fires are scary. I hope they won't come too closeby.

Take it easy on the food. Just eat little bits and pieces.

((((hugs))))

Date: 2008-06-16 02:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sugarplumkitty.livejournal.com
We live far from the forest. Those fires won't get closer than 15 miles from us.

Slowly is how I'm taking it. Still have to be careful what I eat.

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