Day 15 Wednesday June 29, 2016 Whitehorse,
Day 4
I did too much yesterday for having early flu systems. I woke up this morning a wreck. No ambition to do anything other than lay in
bed all day. So I did. It was a nice day and Marsh was outside
sitting under the awning, knitting her sock.
I need to tell you more about Marsha’s sock knitting, but later. I tried to sit outside with her for a while,
but lasted about 15 minutes and back to bed I went.
Continued the Alka-Seltzer flue medicine all day and
night. I ate a little bit of soup a
dinner time, but not much. No
appetite. However, I’ve been drinking
lots and lots of water. At least 4
quarts per day. Feel very dehydrated.
Took aspirin in the evening hoping to alieve my lower back
pain caused by lying in bed too much. It
helped a little. But I never slept all night or all day for that matter.
Day 16 Thursday June 30, 2016 Whitehorse, Day 5
I slept in all day. I
should say, I stayed in bed all day. Still
drinking lots and lots of water. Probably my worst day.
Marsha went back into
Whitehorse to get me some Tylenol Flue medicine. The Alka-Seltzer had stuff for colds, sinus,
cough, and sore throat, in addition to flu symptoms. So we got something that concentrated on flu
symptoms. She also bought a thermometer
that showed I had a fever of 102.6 F.
She also went to town to wash the T-shirts, pajama bottoms, fleece,
and pillow cases, that I sweated up last night.
While in Whitehorse, she visited the yarn shop that was closed when we
got there on Monday. She got her yarn
she wanted.
I got up long enough to eat a bologna sandwich as my daily
meal. I’m in no shape to leave here so
we canceled our July 2 Eagle Plains Motel reservations and left them open for
when I get better. Cannot plan when I
will be ready to head north.
Day 17
Friday July 1, 2016 Whitehorse, day 6
Took my new drugs at appropriate intervals all night. Worked somewhat and I got a few hours sleep,
the most I’ve had in days. I was feeling
a little more energetic, but still dizzy, thirsty, still getting the shivers,
and hot sweats.
I changed my T-shirts three times last night because they
were wet, as was the bed sheets. Marsha
packed up all the bedding on my side, plus the fleece I used to lay on over the
wet spot, plus the towels I sheltered myself with from the wet top sheet and
went to the laundry in town and washed them.When she returned we took my temperature and it was reading normal. I was so happy. Feeling much better, but still getting chills. Appetite slowly returning. This afternoon was a turnaround. Had a cup of soup for dinner.
I worked most of the afternoon catching up with the blog
drafts and picture sorting. Posted the
day 11 blog.
Day 18 Saturday July 2, 2016 Whitehorse, YT day 7
I took no flue drugs last night. But I did take one of Marsha’s pain pills for
my lower back pain from being in bed too much over the last four or five days. I slept really well until I woke up soaking
wet again. Changed my T-shirt three
times during the night and used the same protective items to shield me from the
wet sheets. Packed up the wet sheets and
the other items again and laundered them again!
I slept almost the entire night, except for getting up to waterproof
myself.
I had breakfast this morning. Marsha made me scrambled eggs. It was nice to want to eat again.
I accompanied Marsha to town to the laundromat (her 3rd
time this week). We used a $5 washer which came with instructions as to how to put the coins in the washer to make $5.
This was my first time out of
the campground since Monday. I felt well
enough that we went ahead and booked our trip to the Arctic Circle. Made July 4th reservations at the
Eagle Plains Motel. I will actually
spend July 4th at the Arctic Circle!
We also made reservations in a Dawson City RV park for July 3, 4, & 5. We are not taking our trailer up the unpaved
Dempster Highway for 250 miles.
Back at the campground, the new, ambitious Ed went to the
meeting room to use their WiFi to try to get some more posts out. I got one out and almost another and the WiFi
allotment ran out when I was about 15 minutes away from being caught up.
This was our last night here. Tomorrow we are headed up to Dawson City, the
center of the Yukon gold rush of 1896.
We prepared the trailer for takeoff.
Connected up and went to dump station so we would have to hassle with it
in the morning. Stayed connected for an
early start.
What a week it was. I
was so sick. Now Ed’s back.
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