The Sunday After—The Episode

I made Eternal Chicken Soup

It’s what I’ve eaten every day since that Wednesday
All ingredients I know are absolutely safe for me
Celery, carrots, white onion, all-natural chicken stock and chicken bone broth
A little salt, more than a little pepper
I sous vide-cooked 6 all-natural free-range range boneless skinless chicken breasts
I cube the chicken and add it to each bowl of soup each day

I have enough soup left for one more day
Then I’ll start going back to a more normal menu
With extreme caution

And, I have no clue what started the reaction. It’s the sixth one since January.
I do not eat red meat. I avoid anything with collagen. I look at every label and
examine ingredients before buying it.

I’m more prepared now. Benadryl is out of the hard to open packaging. The Epi-
Pen is right next to them. I’m back to wearing my watch all the time except to
charge it midday. The heck with the watch “burn”. My phone is always within easy
reach or my back pocket. The SOS contacts on my phone are up to date.

As BB says,
the thrill is not
gone.

Neither is
the thrill
or trauma
of death.

I
live
on.