As I crawled in bed last night, I had a suspicion that it would be a rough night. The second day we were underway, I received a Smallpox vaccination, which consisted of three little pricks in my left shoulder. Thousands of us received the vaccine during those first couple days. For most of the last week, the vaccine site has been annoying due to the constant need to scratch it, coupled with strict direction NOT to scratch it, lest the virus spread uncontrolled. Without going into too much detail, those little pricks have morphed into a large disgusting green, purple, and black blister--oops, that was too much detail wasn't it? Oh well. Anyway, as I got into bed last night, I had chills and and bad headache, neither of which went away all night. I stumbled out of bed at 8 to call Katelynn and wish her a happy birthday. After that, I crawled back in bed for another couple hours. The afternoon was spent in a cloud of Jello around my head. I went back to bed for a couple hours this afternoon, unable to shake the headache. Good thing we're not flying right now. I'd have to take myself off the schedule. I can't image contracting a "full" attack of smallpox. About two more weeks and I'm told the blister will scab up and fall off. It's nice to have things to look forward to. Such is life at sea.
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How is your laundry getting done? When I was deployed, the people that got the vaccine, (I worked my way out of it) had to put their laundry in a red bio-hazard bag for special treatment. I know we had guys feeling bad for a while. Good luck. Get better soon.
Glad you got to call Katelynn. My Kaitlin called her yesterday as well.
First of all, it's bizarre to realize that you're at work already and I haven't even gone to bed yet! Of course my whole sense of space and time is about to get warped when we cross the date line. Regarding laundry, they don't have any special procedures. We are, however, required to keep a bandaid over the sore at all times. Medical provided a supply of bandaids and little zip loc bags to throw the bandaids away in each day. Oh, and we have to wear sleeved shirts while working out. Duhh. I wouldn't want anyone to have to see this thing! I contemplated puting a picture on the blog. But then I realized that children might see it. Especially my children! I'd hate to cause undue distress.
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