Dagbók Hrefnu og Finns

On Their Way Home

2011-05-19Uncategorized Standard

Finnur and Anna departed California today, and started their long journey back to Iceland. They should arrive very early tomorrow morning. The last few days in California have apparently been hectic, filled with lots of fun meet-ups with old friends. It sounds a lot like when we used to travel to Iceland, except that Finnur’sRead more

Grading Day

2011-05-18Uncategorized Standard

We repeated much of yesterday’s routine this morning, except Bjarki didn’t wake up until 7 am, so I skipped the sofa-nap. Instead I got him to daycare around 8:30 am, and then went home and collapsed into bed for 2-3 hours. This made the remainder of the day manageable. After lunchtime, I finally sat down byRead more

Baby Steps

2011-05-17Uncategorized Standard

Bjarki was up at 06:22 this morning, much to my chagrin. Yes, it’s very bright outside by that time now, so there was zero chance of convincing him to go back to bed. Instead, I fed him breakfast, fetched my duvet and fell asleep on the sofa while he played. This is a routine thatRead more

Out and About

2011-05-16Uncategorized Standard

I spent a quiet morning mostly lounging in bed, but after lunch I was all action! I stopped by work/school to let them know I was still alive, and sporting a lovely whiskey-voice. Then I went to do some grocery-shopping and experienced the only “uh, oh, maybe this is a little too much too quickly?”-feelingRead more

Slow Day

2011-05-15Uncategorized Standard

Today I can claim to have become fully fever-free (oral temps 36.5°C), whereas last night I probably still had a few ‘commas’ (oral temps 37.1°C). I slept for good chunks of the day, and I didn’t really wake up until 4pm when the alarm went off to remind me to take my pills (taking pillsRead more

Finally, a Good Sign

2011-05-14Uncategorized Standard

This is just a little note to let the world know that I DO NOT HAVE A FEVER TONIGHT!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Yes, this is the first evening since Friday May 6th that I DO NOT HAVE A FEVER!!!! Shall we count how many consecutive fever-filled evenings that was then… EIGHT! Yes, for 8 consecutiveRead more

‘Walking Pneumonia’

2011-05-13Uncategorized Standard

So my doctor just called, and he told me that the blood draw, my symptoms (illness not confined to the chest, but also in the head), and the bug’s apparent apathy towards penicillin indicated that I did indeed have the ‘other’ kind of pneumonia, the so called ‘mycoplasma pneumonia‘, sometimes called ‘walking pneumonia’ because ‘patientsRead more

Still not up and about

2011-05-13Uncategorized Standard

I meant to blog last night, but when the time came, my ibuprofen wore off and the fever (oral: 38.2°C/100.8°F, which probably really means 38.7°C/101.7°F) and chills returned with a vengeance. So I lay down for a night of fitful sleep, where my coughing woke me up periodically, and my throat and ears were sore. This wasRead more

Yet another exciting day!!

2011-05-11Uncategorized Standard

… not. Yup, this has been a yet another iteration of ‘Hrefna stays in bed all day’. Am I feeling better? It’s hard to say. I feel slightly more energetic, even had the energy to bring the big camera and a whole usb cable to bed and upload some pictures onto my trusty and veryRead more

Hello Pneumonia!/Halló lungnabólga!

2011-05-10Uncategorized Standard

Sooo… being on Day Five of my illness, and seemingly not getting any better on any front, and possibly getting worse if anything, I called the health clinic this morning and made an appointment with my General Practitioner (GP = heimilislæknir or ‘home-doctor’). Why wait until Day Five? Well, it’s been my experience, with child-patientsRead more