Horatio’s dissertation is finally finished thank god. I re-checked it on Saturday, he re-re-checked it on Sunday, printed it and re-checked it again and printed it off. The second time through was 100x easier and I actually got a much better feel for the topic – it turns out it is actually interesting! We’re crossing all our fingers and toes for a minimum of 74% so he can have his master’s degree with distinctions.

I’ve been battling extreme exhaustion and a low-grade fever since last Wednesday so I’m feeling pretty rough. I saw the doctor last Thursday, the NHS ENT. We chatted, he did a mini-endoscopy and he said he thinks he knows what it is and rattled off a huge medically sounding name that I didn’t catch and he refused to repeat until the diagnosis was official. He did say that it was like having arthritis in my tissues. Not arthritis, like arthritis. I’m not entirely sure what that means, but if it is that he said it was treatable. He sent me off for blood tests and photographs after that. I’m supposed to have a biopsy of some nose tissue on Thursday and I’ll see him again on the 4th of October. I had to wait for an hour to have my blood taken, the photographs were kind of neat. The reason for them is that about a month ago I noticed a dent in my nose. Right below where the bone ends. He was concerned about my nose collapse too and wanted photos. So I guess we’ll see what happens next.

My Grandpa and Stoat have both been in hospital too. My Grandpa has viral encephalitis and has a 50% chance of survival. Stoat has an infection in his spinal cord fluid that moved to his labyrinth – giving him labyrinthitis! That joyful illness that I had back in April. He is home now and has big medicines to take and should be much better in 6-8 weeks. Very scary.

My ear has started leaking again, it is very uncomfortable. It is like having water in your ear that won’t shift… but instead of nice clear water, it is sticky brown-ish gunk. Bleck.

My fever isn’t going to let me write anymore right now. Perhaps I’ll be back later on.