Another Herx?

Today has been on the rough side.  The new medication I am on to help me sleep at night really works.  The first night I took it, Chris and I were laying in bed to watching an episode of Celebrity Apprentice and I was out within the first 10 minutes of the show.  It works really well but I get up still begging to be in bed.  I got out of bed this morning and its all I can do to get going but then on top of that I was hurting.  I was hoping things would shake off by 10 or 11 but they didn't.  Almost my entire left side hurts. I wince in pain if I move it.  The problem is, I can't use my right arm because of the midline so it was difficult today with the left side hurting. All day I have been trying to figure out why it hurts so much. I ran out of fish oils two days ago and I know that it helps some with joint pain.  I wondered if this was why I hurt.  I also wondered if my left side just wasn't mad at being worked so much and taking up all of the slack.  Both made sense but the pain is also very familiar.  It feels a lot like the Tuesday I had the first herxheimer reaction only just the left side.  Advil doesn't do anything for the pain.  It does make me very thankful for the days I don't hurt because before we started seeing Dr. Kolodjski (natural health doctor) I was in pain each day. It those exact spots that hurt today....on the left side.
Becka didn't have gymnastics today so I rescheduled my dressing change for the midline for this morning. I'm glad I did. It was all I could do to pack us up and get down there and get back. On the way down there I questioned whether I should be driving or not since my mind was so foggy.  We got home and I went to bed.  Becka and Maddie brought their school stuff in and sat on the bed next to me and we finished school.  Chris came home and fixed lunch for us all (which is really two separate meals) and got me hooked up on the IV before he went back to work.  I don't know what I would do without him.  He is so good to me.
The girls went down for a "nap" (if only the youngest would actually nap) and after my IV was done I went down as well.  I am sleeping a little better in the afternoon since I started the sleeping medication at night.  I'm not as jumpy to every sound.
Since Becka didn't have gymnastics this afternoon I was so looking forward to taking Maddie to dance.  Due to their activities overlapping on Thursdays and an arrangement we have with a friend at church, I don't usually get to see Maddie at dance and I miss it.  Today, I was so thankful we didn't have gymnastics.  But when Chris woke me up at 5:15 I was hurting even more.  My body yelled to stay in bed but my heart yelled to see Maddie.  I mustered all the strength and pain I had and took her to dance.
Again, watching my girls in their individual activities is such therapy for me.  I sat there watching Maddie and I beamed.  She is incredible with how quickly she picks things up. It truly blows my mind!  I am a very proud Mamma with my girls and it is priceless "medicine" to watch them.
Maddie and I got home and I immediately put on my pj's and climbed into bed. Maddie climbed up with me and then Becka and the two of them sat there and colored together while I layed there.  Definitely a treasured moment.
I am looking forward to what tomorrow brings. As I got up to try to get some dinner down I noticed the right side was beginning to hurt.  I would not be surprised if I wake up tomorrow morning with my entire body screaming, "DIE BACTERIA, DIE".  Though I don't look forward to the pain I consider the  pain a great victory.  Tomorrow will tell if this is another herxheimer reaction or not.  Keep in mind I take the Flagyl tomorrow so I am not expecting to be in great shape tomorrow or this weekend.  If it means bacteria is dying, I'm all for it. Bring it on!!! I am off to bed.

Becka and Maddie coloring on my bed. Taken with my phone.