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Last week during the drive to Eau Claire, Wisconsin for a Ricky Tims Super Quilt Seminar, I came down with severe flu-like symptoms (achey all over, fever, lifeless, and coughing). Since the seminar started the next afternoon I treated myself with over-the-counter flu meds that are tried and true for me. This time they had no effect.

I managed through the first session of the seminar but it became evident something was really wrong. Off to the ER I went. I was diagnosed with a urinary tract bacterial infection. Everything there was a mess - kidneys, bladder, and prostate. The doctor was more concerned that it did not turn systemic which could become critical or even life threatening. 

So - long story short I spent a lot of time in bed. Alex and Libby played backup quarterback for the seminars and I was in the game as much as I could be - thankfully. However, by Saturday the infection had localized in my nether region (yes, a testicle, ouch) and it was insisted that I return to the ER, which I did.

The report is that the antibiotics are working, in time the swelling will go down, and that the only way to a speedy recovery is bed rest. Walking is minimal because gravity will not help "the situation", and therefore I have had to cancel a couple of weeks of things on my calendar.

Today I am still in bed - doing all the right things (I hope) so we can start the drive back to Colorado tomorrow. I'm sure we'll make a mobile hospital bed so I can still be horizontal as much as possible.

Thank you for your care and concern. If you want to be entertained during my recovery, then you'll have to follow my public figure page on Facebook - just LIKE me on that link. 

Here is a photo from the weekend during a moment when I was not feeling so bad. You caption it. What are each of us (Ricky, Libby, Alex) saying/thinking? Whoever makes me laugh the most before I get home to Colorado on Wednesday or Thursday will get hand-dyed fabrics as a treat.