I had to breakdown and go to the ER ... for the last 2 days each night around 9pm or 10pm I would get sick to the point of throwing up. Friday I brought some sugar-free popsicles and had one on the way home and one around 8pm. The one on the way home went down very smoothly. I was so happy. I felt the impending doom of dehydrating was over I FOUND something that I could get down ... NOT!!! They made me earl ... dry-heave ... and my lips where red. Because of that bowel prep (which I can't get over enough to drink sports drinks) so I've been suffering.

In the ER I got 2 wonderful bags of fluids and the Dr. told me my color came back. HUH?!?!?!?!?!? I'm of African decent, my color can't leave ... well evidently it did!!!!! Also in the ER I was given 2 cups of ice which I ate like it was steak!

Sitting there sopping up the ice it dawn on me that maybe I should have crushed ice at home and that the food coloring in the popsicles where the culprit to the throwing up. My daughter has migraines and her Dr. suggested that she control them based on her diet, so she doesn't eat a lot things including commercial red and blue food dye. So I ditched the Popsicles and Crystal light and pulled out the Magic Bullet and shaved me some ice!

That was going ok, however after my nap I woke up filling full and dreaming that Krsytals started selling turkey burgers ... lol!!! I was confused by the full feeling but noticed upon waking my mouth was open ... I was breathing through my mouth, which I usually don't do! So I surmised that I took in air into my sleeve hence the full feeling and when I got up there was the pain in my shoulder. I did laps around the house burped and farted; listened to my sleeve gurgle and rumble and I started feeling better.

Also while in the hospital I decided that I wanted some watermelon. Which is crazy for me for 2 reasons: 1) I don't like watermelon whenever it is in a fruit bowl I pick around it and 2) I am a stickler for eating local in season fruits and veggies. But I went to wal-mart and got some of the melon. I chewed up a piece and it was orgasmic! I didn't swallow the meat. I had 2 cubes and loved each one! Thinking of freezing it and putting it in the MB.

So what did I learned??? Not to consume Red dye, shaved ice maybe life-saving and watermelon ain't that bad!!!!

It's 3 hours before the witching hour ... praying that tonight is different!!!!!