Just over here trying not to die from the Hand Foot Mouth that M gave me after she picked it up from the airplane back from Florida (we suspect). Pediatrician said she got it in Florida. Then was kind enough to share with me. Apparently I’ve never had it before.
This really sucks. I had a fever, body aches, sore throat & chills first. Now, I have lesions on my scalp, throat and hands. My hands are the worst. I’ve also had insomnia 2 nights in a row. The 50mg of Trazodone did NOTHING.
Tylenol & ibuprofen are NOT cutting it. The spots hurt so bad and now even the ice pack is making my hands hurt when it was relieving it. Gabapentin does nothing. Earlier today it hurt to text on the phone it was that bad. It’s slightly better now.
It seems to be going slightly faster than M’s course, though? Probably because I have more of an immune system than she does? But I’m still super annoyed Jim didn’t get this or COVID.
I really want to be able to go to my annual PCP appointment (that had to be rescheduled) on Tuesday & get my nails done. That would be nice.
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offtopic but can we agree that hand foot and mouth disease is the worst thing ever.
my siblings had it and i saw how much school they were missing, so i let my brother drink out my straw on purpose and i had the worst and only fever i ever had in my life for the next 4 days. i was shivering in the middle of july it was so bad🙁 one day it was pouring with rain and i VIVIDLY remembering walking to the school canteen not even being able to talk cuz i was shivering and chattering so badly.. (it was still humid that day)
then i got a small itchy spot on my hand in the middle of history, then i got smaller spots on my wrist, and then i had a couple on my fingertips which werent that bad tbh thankfully😭
yk those little sores u get on ur tounge sometimes? well i had like 50 of them everywhere in my mouth, including my throat, and i literally could not eat for 2 weeks straight🙁 i gained sm weight from eating nothing but potato waffles and ice lollies😞
and then, finally, i got them on the bottom of my feet.🙁 i couldnt even walk. it felt like i was walking with plastic surgery boob packs tied to my feet it was so gross...
i jumped for joy when it was over, although now my hands and feet are STILL shedding so much skin, it literally looks like i have athletes foot. plus your nails sometimes fall off, and i am incredibly unlucky to have lost half a toenail and the top part of my fingernail !!!
10/10, would definitely recommend trying to catch a random illness off ur 2 year old brother !🥰
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ᴄᴏᴜʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ
featuring: protective!heian!sukuna, kindhearted!servant!reader. slight angst/hurt -> comfort.
synopsis: you're sick. to your surprise, you're rescued by the man second closest to death himself.
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you should've known he wouldn't come. sukuna has never set foot in the servant's headquarters in his life, let alone to chase after a sick servant. you lower your head, trying to ease the headache that has plagued you through the day.
sukuna loves his bloodshed and his gore. him and death would be good friends, you think to yourself. he wouldn't care if your body was burnt or buried, you think to yourself; wouldn't care if you died at all.
the room the others put you in is empty. ash spreads neatly over the cold floor. the scent of kibble haunts the atmosphere. it's where they put the dogs before sukuna killed them.
ever since you took care of the king of curses while he was sick, the other servants had been careful in keeping a distance from you. not in ill of heart; they're simply terrified at what you must've done to survive in your week long stay with the monster. honestly, you don't blame them.
but now when you're laying on the freezing ground, struggling to breathe, it's hard not to.
'this is where you live?'
your eyes look up. shock. then, with all the strength you can muster, you heave yourself one step away from the man at the doorway, which only serves to piss him off more.
sukuna ryomen, in all his glory, looks down at you. bending down to pick you up like a limp doll to be seated against the wall, he seems to revel in his regained strength. you can't help but feel happy for him, to have survived this fatal disease. not many men can attest to that...
then again, he is no ordinary man.
'i asked you a question.'
you nod, a small thing, barely a movement. he seems to clench his teeth.
he takes off his long white coat, flaunting a layer of dried blood, and drapes it over your shoulders.
yet it doesn't end there. he retrieves from his pocket a bottle of what looks to be a golden syrup.
you know exactly what it is.
he takes your hand and wraps it around the flask, making you hold it, sparing, not one, but two of his eyes, to stare at you, making sure you do as he commands.
'swallow.'
you shake your head. you know he's asking you to do. this is a medication is so rare for your disease that no sorcerer has found in over a hundred years. he's brought this thing of myth right to your very lips. now he's asking you to drink it, and thus take away any chance of it saving anyone else's life.
you scowl, but the tickling sensation in your throat grows stronger, eventually erupting out of your mouth in a harsh cough. you look away from sukuna.
'leave,' you whisper, weakly. 'don't wanna infect you.'
'i survived the illness already. i've developed an immunity.'
you shake your head again. you couldn't threaten your king's health with your own weakness. you just couldn't.
'i can't take this.'
he growls. without any notice, he swallows your lips in a kiss. in the momentary haze, you could hardly resist, fisting the front of his kimono to ground yourself. then, you feel something sweet, honey-ish, hit your tongue.
with his hand locked on your chin, it forces you to swallow.
you pull back, pushing him away. he groans.
he wipes his mouth, still with two eyes staring.
no... no, why did he do that?
'y-you- how? no... why did you waste it on me?' you whisper, desperately searching his face for an answer. 'i'm just a servant. you could've given it to a princess, or a scholar, or priest-'
he grabs you by the arm and forces you into his arms. its heat astounds you, and you find yourself crawling closer. a vague thumping sound seems to press against your ear-
oh. you calm your breathing.
it's his heartbeat.
alive.
'sleep in my room tonight,' he demands.
what did he say? you strain your mind, trying to replay what he said earlier. no... maybe you heard correctly.
'but i'm no concubine,' you respond, instantly.
his arm supports your waist, helping you up effortlessly to your feet. he then directs two of his eyes to the doorway, his cadence low and domineering.
'it doesn't matter.'
he leads you placidly through the servant's quarters. you notice all conversation cease at your entry, bodies dropping into a low bow. a small voice in you whispers that it's where you should be too. you tug at sukuna's arm.
'i'm only a servant, sukuna.'
you know what it looks like, a servant clutching onto a man, more god than human. a man who has slaughtered villages, blood staining the base of his kimono crimson, and turned half a province on its head, just to save you.
'whatever you are in my eyes is what you are to the world,' he states, his expression unchanging. 'if i deem you a queen, that is who you are.'
exiting the servant compound, you know you can't say no- not like you wanted to. the wide expanse of his chest is comforting.
yet however sweet this feeling remains, you can't help but gulp. perhaps this is the closest a human has ever come to courting death.
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