Day 5- Sunday

I went to bed last night really early. I was so tired, and I hadn’t had much sleep the previous days for various reasons, probably because I’m sleeping on my son’s twin mattress on a bunk bed. Talking about uncomfortable, I definitely found it. 

As I was in bed, probably a couple hours after going to sleep, I could feel my fever spike. I got really hot and I was burning up, unsure of what was going on. I felt very warm, but nothing else was being effected, so I thought I would just stay and ride it out until that changed. I remember sitting there thinking “Lord, are you going to take me home?? Am I going to die??” But I remember the thought directly after that. I said “ No use in getting mad at something you can’t change. No use in being mad at the One who holds your life.” A weird conversation, I know!!

What was weird, was within minutes I could feel something lifted. I don’t know what it was, but it literally felt like something was lifted from my body. At that point, my temperature went back down, and I knew then that it would all be good. 

When I woke up, I was able to watch church online. After that, I decided to take a shower. While I was washing up, I decided to wash my hair with a shampoo that is very perfumated. Its not a bad smell, but it is strong. When I went to go use it, I realized I couldn’t smell it??!! That was weird. I actually hadn’t brushed my teeth yet, so I decided to see if I could smell my breath. Nothing. So I found out, I have no sense of taste or smell, which is completely weird. I can taste sour, salty, and sweet, but I can’t taste the flavors that go with it. For example, we had some sweet neighbors bring a costco chicken to us. My wife put it in a salad for me to eat. All I can taste is that the chicken is salty, but nothing else. Its weird. 

I’m still tired and have been sleeping a lot today. My cough has become a little bit worse as well. I’m just sitting here wondering, “When will this all be over??” I’ll be honest, this has been lingering for 5 days now, and it seems no end is in sight. I was hoping I would be better by now and spend the next several days in quarantine just relaxing and counting down the moments. But it hasn’t gone that way. I’m sitting here wondering if on day 10 I would be able to come out or not. I know that is still 5 days away, but there is no encouraging sign of it. I just want to be with my family, that's it. 

Please keep all of us in your prayers. This isn’t easy for anyone, and we really want day 10 to be the last day of quarantine. Y’all have a good night and God bless

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