Out of Commission – Pneumonia Attacks! Holiday Weekends, Thwarted Plans, and Other Ways to Live Through This
- At September 09, 2016
- By Jeannine Gailey
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Where have I been? Well, I had a very pleasant holiday weekend seeing family and friends, even taking a day trip up to Skagit Valley – and I hope you did too – until I was struck by a sudden non-ability to breathe. We went to the ER, had a chest x-ray and some blood work, and sure enough, it was pneumonia – and the next few days were a blur of no-sleep and lots of coughing, headache, fevers, chills, antibiotics and nebulizers. This was two days before my parents arrived and exactly 11 days before my book launch and party on Sept. 18.
This is the first day – four days later – that I’ve had the mental power to write even a blog post or a cogent e-mail (though somehow I did end up writing “ax attack” today for “when you get a chance” from a phone e-mail – how is that possibly an autocorrect anyone would want??) I did watch an eerie, moody British apocalypse survival-from-a-teen-girl-perspective film called “How I Live Now” which I highly recommend, just for the soundtrack and the amazing combination of gorgeous rural English scenery and horrifying post-nuclear-and-more-war imagery. (One of the more disturbing images involved foxes eating decaying human bodies. Just so you know if you’re up for that.) It also goes surprisingly well with my new book! The lead, Saoirse Una Ronan, whom I already loved for her work in Hanna, was terrific in this. I don’t know, when you’re struggling to breathe and walk/talk without choking, it’s nice to watch people surviving things.
Here are some cheerful pics with writers Lana Ayers who is living us for Oregon, Natasha Moni, and Glenn and I goofing around in tulip country up in La Connor, WA right before I was felled with the nasty germs.
Anyway, this is how author’s get ZERO book promotion stuff done nine days before their book launch party – life interferes with even the best laid plans – but if you want to do me a favor and review Field Guide to the End of the World, or talk about it on your blog, or leave a little Amazon review (hint hint), please let me know and I will try to get you whatever you need!