December 11, 2011

• Mysteries of the Human Body

  Once again, thanks for the thoughts and prayers for my dad. He went in for an ultrasound and now all we can do is wait for the results.

  On a similar note, I had the pleasure of experiencing something like a "flash fever" while working at two weddings this weekend.

  
  Photographers at the photo booth!

  Just moments after that photo was taken, I began to develop a sore throat. It seemed to get exponentially worse by the minute, no matter how much I increased my liquid intake. By the end of Friday night, my throat had swollen to a point that made it very, very painful to swallow. It was weird. I was fine that afternoon. I was even fine at the beginning of the reception. Could it have been an allergic reaction to the fish...?

  
  Damn you, stupid fish!

  Despite the fact that I wasn't feeling so good, I went back to work on Saturday for a wedding in San Francisco. BAD IDEA. It would have helped to know that I had a fever but I didn't know I had one...

  Skip all the boring details - I ended up going home early instead of staying for the entire wedding. I was useless as a photographer anyway... I had no energy to move around and it hurt to talk. Fortunately I was the second shooter so it wasn't a huge crisis, but it would be if those were my clients! Gotta have back up photographers in case something like this happens in the future! Thank you Van for rescuing me and giving me a ride to my car - it would have been a real burden for the main photographer to drive me across town between the bridal shoot and reception.

  Modern medicine is amazing. It said that it would last 8 hours and sure enough, I woke up in pain at 5 am because the effects had worn off and I was in pain. Haha. I feel MUCH better today, praise God. Definitely going to avoid eating fish for a while...

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