Update

It's been a couple days since I last posted and every day I feel better and better. I'm actually feeling good today. Most of the side effects that have been bothering me are gone. I still have a slight ringing in the ears which remains constant. I'm actually starting to get used to it.
Food is beginning to taste better and better each day. I can eat most foods now but still things aren't exactly perfect yet. I'm figuring on how things are going that taste buds should be back to normal in a couple days.
Other than that, we're trying to get back to normal operations around here.

My son David, came down with a cold last night and ended up staying home from school today. I'm trying to be careful about staying away from him and not catching his cold. I went around this afternoon and wiped all the door handles, refer handle, phone and anything else we all might touch around here with some disinfectant wipes. Both of us are also trying to keep our hands washed to avoid any more germs. Marjie picked up some of those surgical masks from the pharmacy today and I'm having David wear one when he's around me. This all might be overkill, but since my immune system is down right now, I really don't want to catch his cold. Hopefully he'll be feeling good tomorrow and we can get back to normal in that respect soon.

I'll probably slow down on posting to the blog for awhile since I don't anticipate much happening for the next couple weeks, but I'll still try post something every few days.

Thanks again for everyone's support during this ordeal. I appreciate all the posts, emails, cards and letters!