Caretaker Duke

I am sick of being sick.  Yesterday my throat got really bad, and since then, it has been killing me to swallow, breathe, anything that requires my throat.  The doctor took a swab today to see if I have strep.  It was all I could do not to beg for the meds now, and not when the test results get in tomorrow.  I can't believe how much it hurts, and I can't talk.  No jokes on how blessed the Duke must be! ;)

Put that on top of wheezing lungs, stuffed sinuses, plugged ears, swollen glands, low grade fever and all out exhaustion, and I'm just a ball of fun to be around!  lol

But the Duke has been so wonderful.  I was able to do everything I had planned for HoH Day, except making him a good meal on Saturday night.  That is when the cold started wearing on me, so he got take out.  But everything else we were able to do. :)

And then, care taker mode went in on the Duke like I'd never seen before.  Except for going to the bathroom, and actually lifting my food off the plate to eat, there was not a thing I was allowed to do yesterday except be on the computer.  He brought me every meal in bed.  He went to the store twice, once to get orange juice, ice cream and cough drops, and then when someone told us that I should have gatorade instead of orange juice, he ran back out.  He kept bringing me in ice cream, and brought me in more blankets when I was so cold.

At one point I went to go put the laundry in the dryer, he put his hand up and said firmly "NO! Stay in bed." I told him he had his HoH Hat on firmly.   He laughed, and then proceeded to pretend to pry an imaginary hat off his head, yanking and pulling as if he was a mime, and then told me "Yeah, it's stuck on good!"  lol I had a good laugh.

He's becoming so dominant.  He wanted to take my temperature, and I didn't want to... but I was told I didn't have a choice in the matter, so in the thermometer went.  I mean, at that point, I wanted nothing in my mouth, it all hurt so bad... but he won.  I had a low grade fever.

There are other things too, but that man loves me, and didn't show once that he minded taking care of me.  I'm so thankful for him.  I'm so thankful for how far we've come.  He truly worries over my health now, something he didn't do before.  And let me tell you, it makes me feel like the most important person in the world to him when he gets all bossy to make sure I'm okay. :)

Duke, thank you for your care of me this past few days.  You are just wonderful. :)