Don't read this one mom :)
The cough was back with a vengeance. All day long I had
coughing fits that didn’t seem to do anything.
Like normal on a Monday I went out to the bowling alley. The cough
continued but I didn’t think much of it.
At home I started to get a headache but most importantly started getting
tired. I decided to go to bed early. As I brushed my teeth and got ready to go
to sleep I started thinking about all the things I could do in the morning
since I could get up early. The coughing
continued. I climbed into bed and pulled three layers of covers over me. I
noticed a miracle. If I lay on either side I had no urge to cough. I cocooned
myself up in the 3 blankets and got nice and warm. This was going to be a great
night sleep. It was so warm. It got warmer.
And warmer. Than I was hot… and on fire. I was a dragon filled with
lava. I fell into a fitful fevered sleep. When I fought my way back to
consciousness I tried to roll over. I barely had the strength. After a couple of
more hours of non restful sleep. I needed to get up to pee, drink a glass of
water and take a couple of asparin to help break the fever. I tossed the covers
off and lay there for a bit. The air was freezing on my skin. I sat up on the
edge of the bed for a big shivering. I stood up and was instantly dizzy and
week. I stumbled into the bathroom. I decided if I fell I’d just sleep on the
floor. I drank a glass of water and
popped three aspirin in hopes that they would help the fever. I fell back into
bed and pulled all the covers over myself and proceeded to be fire again.
Sometime between 3 and 4 in the morning the fever broke. I was covered in
sweat. I kicked off most of the covers and basked in the cooling soothing
air. I got up and drunk another glass of
water to replace all I was sweating out.
I was still weak and dizzy.
The next two days my fever stayed over 100 degrees most of
the time. I felt weak and spent a lot of time trying to sleep. I never did get
much in the way of good sleep. I kept having fever dreams about getting a list
right. If I could just get the list right I would be able to sleep. On the
third day I managed to get some real sleep as the fever dropped below 100.
As of writing this on Saturday night, only a cough remains.
The headache and fever are gone. Though I did sleep for 11 hour Friday night to
Saturday morning.
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