Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Typhus Carmen


When Carmen developed  a rash on her legs, arms and body she put it down to having an allergic reaction to her new diabetes medication. However, blood tests have shown that my maid of all work has the early stages of Typhus a disease spread through the bites of lice and fleas, she's had it for at least 7 weeks which would tie in with our Benidorm holiday, thank goodness, I would hate anyone to think that I live in a rat infested midden. Typhus is very prevalent in Spain. Carmen is blaming a stray cat that was weaving in and around her legs at a pavement café, she was chatting away as normal (non frigging stop), when I noticed a look of terror on her face, pointing to her feet she told me in dramatic tones to 'get... rid... of ....it' judging by her reaction I was expecting to see a snake down there instead of a fluffy white cat with rummy eyes. It's like living with Dame Edith Evans. 

 Carmen was given an antibiotic injection this morning and was told the rash would start to clear away in a few days, she was also told/warned by her superior that Typhus is a forbidden topic in the Flange household and if anyone should ask about her rash she is to say it's shingles. In the meantime I'm having one of these fitted in the front garden disguised as a lily pond.
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  1. LẌ1 February 2017 at 16:49

    Oh, poor Carmen! Best wishes for a complete and speedy recovery!

    I recommend Plague doctor's outfit for Mitzi. You know, just in case!

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    1. Mitzi 2 February 2017 at 00:59

      The perfect outfit to wear for painting a red cross on my front door or for standing 10 feet behind her in public clanging a bell shouting 'unclean unclean'

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  2. Ms Scarlet1 February 2017 at 18:27

    Funny that you should write a rash post. I have a new rash.... and a new creature.
    Sx

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    1. LẌ1 February 2017 at 22:51

      Miss Scarlet: Oh! Oh! Pix please! The new creature, not the rash.

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    2. Mitzi 2 February 2017 at 00:45

      You'll be needing some ointment then, how about this a good all rounder.

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  3. dinahmow1 February 2017 at 19:49

    I expect you'll be installing the "extra long and strong" model?

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    1. Mitzi 2 February 2017 at 01:02

      Yes, I'll be going for the full body plunge so I'll need one of those sticks too with a hook at the end.

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  4. Anonymous4 February 2017 at 00:58

    Ah come on - it's just lousy Fleckfieber, not real Typhus / typhoid - some rest, good tea, lysol and all will be fine. You could even consider to shower twice a week - but let's not overdo.

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    1. Anonymous4 February 2017 at 13:32

      BA - this came out pretty wrong - was I so drunk last night?
      Of course I meant that you could allow your domestique even two showers a week !

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    2. Mitzi 4 February 2017 at 20:19

      Of course you're right but after the stories I've been telling her (sehr Franz Kafka) she's shut herself away in the bedroom, refusing to come out until her rash has cleared, that's not going to get the washing up done or the beds made is it?

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  5. Princess4 February 2017 at 04:34

    I hope carmen starts to feel better soon and she is still able to perform all her required duties without interruption

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    1. Mitzi 5 February 2017 at 01:15

      She's not poorly Princess she just has a rash, she's had worse, remembering the great crab infestation of 1999 whilst abroad in Gran Canaria. I made her sit on sheets of newspapers for weeks afterwards even though she had been successfully treated.

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  6. mrpeenee6 February 2017 at 02:01

    "Unclean. Unclean." is my favorite image you've ever come up with.

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