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[vicodincrutch]

I should have anticipated another mistletoe curse. Oh well. Who doesn't like the day after regret and feeling that you may have contracted some virus or another?

Be on the look out for Mono. Because that would be a Christmas present that keeps on giving. Or Hanukkah if that's how you go. In honor of Foreman I'll say Kwanza.

If you are experiencing more than two of the following do something about it:

1. Fatigue even with a lot of rest.
2. A sore throat that won't quit even after antibiotics
3. Persistent fever
4. Swollen lymph nodes at your neck and arm pits, if you don't know what those are look for another symptom
5. Swollen tonsils
6. Persistent headache
7. Skin rash, when you say you have one don't show people. Wait to be asked. No one likes a friendly flasher.
8. Loss of appetite maybe make a note of the last thing you ate.
9. Nightsweats this should be particularly noticeable because it's winter.
10. Swollen spleen if you can't tell, look for another symptom.

Most importantly, if you think you have mononucleosis, tell whatever professional physician you believe you have it or else it maybe musical diagnosis. 

Comments

[intheblanks.livejournal.com]

Is this supposed to be a hint? Knew I should have renewed my cooty shots.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

To you? I would start with a breath mint.

[intheblanks.livejournal.com]

Might have been nicer if you had.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

I didn't finish my coffee yet.

Maybe if you were more patient.

[faroffdream.livejournal.com]

Who's Foreman? And what's a Kwanza...

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Foreman is our token black doctor. He's not here in the City.

Kwanza is like Hanukkah except with more soul.

[faroffdream.livejournal.com]

Oh. Nice of you to mention him, in that case.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

We're hoping one of these times if we say his name enough he'll appear.

[faroffdream.livejournal.com]

So... you miss him, basically.

[intheblanks.livejournal.com]

Yes. Sometimes he cries a little.

[faroffdream.livejournal.com]

That's tough. [ Sounds genuinely sympathetic... ] ...maybe he needs a hobby. You know, to distract him.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Not as much as Chase. It's all the time. Sometimes he doesn't want to get out of bed.

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

Color me surprised somebody other than myself mentioned Kwanzaa.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Is brown the color of surprise?

[100yearsgone.livejournal.com]

[ Those symptoms scare Aang... Not that he's experiencing any. ]

What's mono? Is it contagious? How do we prevent it? You don't think my bison could catch it, do you?

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Has your bison been kissing people?

[100yearsgone.livejournal.com]

Uuuh... [ Actually Appa's doing that right now. He's licking Aang once with his giant, wet tongue. ] Just me. And Toph.... Also Charlie?

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

If he kisses someone else that has mono you got a problem.

[100yearsgone.livejournal.com]

It's a good thing none of us were kissing each other under that stuff. [ Just then a flying lemur lands on Aang's shoulder. ] Though none of us have definitely had mono.

Thanks, Dr... [ Who is way more reasonable than that crazy old lady in the mountains back home. ] Can I see your name on this thing? [ Looking on this phone. ]

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

You don't have to kiss under a plant to get it.

[Here, Aang. Have free paranoia. Merry Christmas.]

House. I think so. Though someday I want to know how to block my number accurately.

[100yearsgone.livejournal.com]

[ Oh... He hopes he's not in trouble and is suddenly looking back to Appa and Momo like he might be. ]

Nice to meet you Dr. House. [ He frowns a bit, unsure of how to respond to that last part for a second. ] I guess you get a lot of people calling you all the time. And you're probably one of the only ones in the city. [ Or so he is assuming. ]