Hello everyone!

I've had a very hectic summer teaching schedule and really worked hard with a lot of long hours. During this last class a participant came into work very sick. They ended up quitting during the class because they ended up in the hospital. I was truly disappointed because the participant was very kind and seemed to really like what I was teaching.

When the participant got out of the hospital they sent me an e-mail letting me know why they quit. I was honored that they remembered me and thought to write as to let me know they were going to be OK. That's when they let me know that what they had was very bad and that they had been contagious.

Not everyone knows about my auto immune issues but essentially - I have no immune system. I continued to teach the class but I started to notice a headache that just wouldn't go away. I thought it was a migraine and figured eh it will be gone in a couple days.

I was wrong.

On the ninth day of this headache I decided to go to the doctor and figure out why I was also so dang tired. They started running tests and during that time they told me to take off work because I looked exhausted. On top of the exhaustion was the headache - they put me on IV fluids and migraine medicine.

None of it helped.

A week passed as they ran tests to figure out what was wrong and they finally got an answer. It is a virus and sadly there is no treatment. My body is going to have to fight on it's own. Because of the lack of immune system, well that just means it's going to take me twice as long to fight it.

I've been ordered to go to bed and to stay there. No work for another month and no playing in my garden. I feel like a teenager who is grounded. I'm so bored! But at least I know that I will eventually fight off this and bounce back to my normal mischievous self.

That's my update folks and I truly hope that you are all healthy, wealthy, and wise! Be good to each other and enjoy the rest of the summer. I'll be in my recliner watching anime like a good girl... for now.