About a week ago I started to feel a little “tingle in my
throat”-ohhh no!! I knew all this feeling all too well!
Sure enough, the next day my throat was throbbing and
horribly sore. I made it through the
school day, but left right away to rest.
Saturday was very cold and rainy, and my sickness continued
going down hill…fast and hard. I was shaking a lot on Saturday night,
despite having multiple layers of clothing on and two blankets covering me (not
just my typical “Kim coldness”). I
suddenly was overcome with congestion and could not breathe laying down, so I
had to sit upright to relieve some pressure.
I went to blow my nose and blood was pouring out (sorry for the TMI!)-making me more weak and achy.
Sunday was a blur-so tired from not being able to
sleep. I continued to rest all day and try to get ready for a full
week of teaching. Unfortunately my body
did not get the memo.
Monday
I had slightly less congestion, but I did have moments of feeling
overheated. My mind was in a fog, but I
had an observation that morning-greeeaaattt
timing!! I tried to power through the best I could, knowing it wasn’t my
best lesson, but it was my best effort with any remaining strength I had. By the end of Monday, my voice was almost
gone. One of my sweet students said, “Ms. Gabriel, why does your voice sounds
weird.”
Tuesday
I did not even have my voice, I was tired, sick, and my emotions started to get
the best of me! I wanted to be in the
classroom, but fully present! I felt
like a useless body walking around unable to really engage and teach the
kids. My cooperating teacher taught math
for me, so I could attempt to teach in the afternoon. I did, but it was so hard to manage a room of
six year olds without a voice. I was so
thankful for our morning classroom aid who made me an AMAZING soup-so
hearty and delicious!
Today (Wednesday), my voice is still non-existent, but for
the first time in 6 days I actually have SOME energy!!! A good sign,
right?!! I’m still going to rest for
another day or 2, but hopefully by this weekend I will be healthy again. Then I can enjoy and be fully present for my LAST
week and a half of school here!
…But for right now, it’s time for more SOUP AND JUICE!!
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