Sophie Sunday

Sophie arrived today and walked straight into a scene like the one she probably left at Edinburgh Hospital!! Poor girl.. I’ve been so out-of-it with a high temperature and lack of food that I’d lost track of what day it was. Hannah followed me into the sick camp yesterday and spent most of last night screaming at demons in her bedroom. (Yeah I know – that’s happened before with her sexual past, but this time round it was flu-based delirium)
Sophie says I need to ride it out with lots of hot drinks, lots of rest, and lots of Vitamin C. She also told me that the active ingredient in Lemsip is paracetamol, and that therefore it’s not a great idea to be taking Boots brand Paracetamol Plus, Tesco cheap paracetamol caplets and Flu Strength Blackcurrant Lemsip within two hours of each other, the way I have been since Friday. Maybe those hallucinations are starting to make sense a bit now.. Apparently it won’t take long for my liver to become damaged if I keep medicating the way I have been. Marvellous, eh? I haven’t seen my sister in over two years and she’s already lecturing me on my drug habits..
I’m trying not to be disappointed. I’ve been looking forward to this visit like an urchin looks forward to Christmas, and now Sophie will spend most of her time with us doing the job she’s just taken time off from in Edinburgh. Busman’s holiday, or what?
It’s bloody good to have her here, though..

RC 18-1-09
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