Wednesday morning, I woke up fine, I had met my word goal for the day by noon and I had the afternoon in front of me to write more. By 5 p.m., I had a tickle in my throat. By the time I finished darts, it was a full on cough.
Yesterday, I ended up in the ER. It’s not pneumonia, which is good, but it is acute bronchitis. I feel like I’m drowning and when I cough, that feeling gets worse. My ribs, lungs and throat hurt from coughing. Hot liquids soothe my throat, but I don’t drink tea or coffee. So I’ve been drinking warm milk, water with honey and hot chocolate.
The silver lining.., I haven’t smoked much. Nine cigarettes since this time yesterday.
They gave me a Z-pak and inhaler at the hospital and told me to get some Claritin. None of it is helping my cough. I didn’t sleep last night, it is worse after the sun goes down. And I do mean, I got no sleep. Instead, I got to watch One for the Money, A Night At The Opera, Clue, and I’m about half way through the six-hour BBC production of Pride & Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.
My goal today is to get a few hours of sleep.
Hadena James 