Pain Sucks

Bastian is still not feeling well at all and I have to check on him several times a day to make sure that he's drinking enough water or else he gets dehydrated; when I get paid tomorrow I'll buy him some Pedialyte to mix with his water. I'm relieved that Veil is well again, she's put on weight and springs around just as energetically as my two big boys, Lucky and Orbit.

Last night I dreamed of a friend of mine who had heart surgery on Monday. I heard his surgery had gone well, but I haven't called to check in with him because I don't want to disturb him.

This morning when I got out of bed, as soon as I straightened up I felt a horrible, searing pain and tightness in my abdomen around the area of my ovaries. I laid back down immediately and it subsided after a few minutes, but when I sat up or moved I would hurt again so I stayed home from work and downed the last few pain pills I had left over from when I had West Nile disease. I absolutely hate missing work, even when I really don't have a choice about it, like this morning. I just feel guilty because I'm not doing my job and I believe very much in doing a good job no matter how you're employed.