"Beaten Up, Kicked Out, Bitten, and Chewed"
It was my "annus horriblous" -- Ending a friendship over the Christmas holiday, bedridden by the flu at the beginning of 2017, then sideswiped at the NC Poets' Society in mid january by a sudden trip to the emergency room.
The emergency room visit was preceded by a swollen foot and ankle. A quick call to Nurse Line told me I needed to get to an emergency room.