In recovery; reunited with cats
Mat has been holding down the fort. He hired someone to clean the house while we were away. Clever cat.
We can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times we’ve been confined in the hospital: three. Fractured skull at age eight—a formative experience requiring primitive encephalography (See Pinhead). Typhoid fever at age ten or eleven (“natipus” with very interesting hallucinations involving talking animals). There should probably have been more hospital stays, but we thought we were invincible.
Monday afternoon we decided we were over the flu so we were going to a meeting at Rockwell at 4:30. We never made it to the meeting. When we came to we were on the floor of the shower, with the water going glub glub down the drain like a basic remake of Psycho. We staggered out of the bathroom to find one of our bookshelves flung against the refrigerator. What the hell was going on?
We threw on some clothes, picked up our bag, and left the house. But we couldn’t step off the stairs. The distance from the last step to the floor suddenly seemed insurmountable, and we sat there until we could figure out how to traverse this vast distance. The security guard must’ve notice that we were stuck on the stairs, and summoned the building administrator. She came around and asked us a series of questions. We don’t recall our answers exactly, but we were making no sense whatsoever. As far as we could tell we were speaking gibberish (Hmmm maybe after a weekend of flu meds were could understand Aramaic at last.)
The next thing we know, we’re at the ER of Makati Med and everyone we know has turned up in answer to the hospital summons. Our sister appeared in a black and gold ballgown, which is not her regular attire, but it was her wedding anniversary. Next we’re having an MRI and a cat scan, and we’re so out of it no one even has to tell us to lie vewy, vewy still.
Initial tests showed that our sodium and potassium levels were way down. Hell, we thought low sodium was good and we should eat a banana like Rafa and Andy between games.
This typing is making us very, very tired. Later.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
June 4th, 2014 at 22:07
I’m sure this post just made a lot of people glad. Welcome back. (:
June 5th, 2014 at 07:28
good to have you back!
June 5th, 2014 at 07:53
Glad to hear that you’re doing better. Your cat’s welfare did cross my mind when I heard the news. Please take care of your health as we still have a lot of things to do towards world domination.
June 5th, 2014 at 08:18
Thank God you’re ok.
June 5th, 2014 at 08:36
Here’s to your speedy recovery. Get well soon, Jessica!
June 5th, 2014 at 09:29
jz! i hope you are doing well. i dont want to sound like an asshole but your name trended in yahoo Philippines (sabi ko bakit kaya?) thats where i discovered that you were hospitalized.
hoping for your recovery.
June 5th, 2014 at 10:59
Welcome back Ms. Z! I was ecstatic when I saw you finally had a new post so I knew you were okay. Really happy you’re out of the hospital and recovering =)
June 5th, 2014 at 11:50
i totally bought the fact that you’re immortal. so please get well soon!
June 5th, 2014 at 12:11
sending you positive healing vibes :-)
June 5th, 2014 at 12:12
Hi Jessica!!! You’re back!!! So nice to see your new post and with Mat on the cover – makes us all think they’re all OK. We were so worried about you and your cats. Stay safe and get well!
June 5th, 2014 at 22:13
it’s good to hear you’re okay Ms Jessica! hope you get well soon!
June 5th, 2014 at 23:32
Great news, Your Grace! I checked your site everyday when i read the flu post and was wondering how you were doing. Please take care.
June 6th, 2014 at 00:02
Thank God you’re okay! I got really nervous when I read about you being ill. You’re a part of my childhood and I will be really really sad if something serious happens to you.
June 6th, 2014 at 02:32
Your Grace, your faithful minions are now ready to accept your command, Your Grace.
June 6th, 2014 at 13:57
Good to be reading your posts once again. Hoping for your full recovery. Welcome back!
June 6th, 2014 at 14:13
We’re so glad you’re back :)
Please do take care. Relieved that the cats are fine too.
June 6th, 2014 at 16:34
Thank God, you’re okay. The week you got sick, Max suddenly became very weak. He was eating and everything but we was really weak. The vet said nothing was wrong with him. Then I got word you got hospitalized.
June 6th, 2014 at 19:31
Temporarily you made us worried of the fate of the world domination plan. So, it’s still a go! Though deliberately slow down for some few weeks, then go full blast again afterwards.
June 6th, 2014 at 22:01
I’ve always known you will recover, Madame. And I am exceedingly happy you are writing again.
(Insert Ren and Stimpy song here)
June 8th, 2014 at 12:06
brewhuh23: Hah the cat information service is very efficient.