Struggling to organise my car preparation with Bill and then coming down with a debilitating high fever, not being able to move aching legs and being all flushed and sore, until it moderated later. I had to telephone Jim and Nigel to warn them of a possible postponement of the trip and feared what the night would bring.
A longish chat to Bill, the gardener, this morning for the first time in a while and then decided to get him to vacuum clean and wash the car for my trip to Scotland. Why is it that nobody seems to do things as you would wish them done yourself? Not only did he take most of the morning and wrenched off my rear washer point due to his clumsiness but he also shuffled the well mats. Even then, he did not manage to get the fly bodies off! I was also trying to get some paperwork done and, what with the interruptions and problems, got increasingly fed up with him.
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I was cold once back in the house, felt shivery and then went to bed without lunch as by now I was feeling quite ill. As the afternoon progressed, my temperature rose until I was in a high fever by evening. I was quite worried about having ate some insecticide with one of our unwashed tomatoes and then of having a kidney infection with which I have been afflicted in the past. At last, after several telephone calls made as my temperature continued to rise for advice and reassurance, my temperature peaked at 101.7F and then started to fall again and I could settle down for the night. I was completely debilitated, not being able to move aching legs and being all flushed and sore; but strangely I did not have any cough, cold, sore throat or congestion which was what made me suspect abdominal problems. I had to telephone Jim and Nigel to warn them of a possible postponement of the trip and feared what the night would bring.