I guess this year I must have been on Santa's naughty list because for Christmas he gave me sickness.
I knew on Christmas Eve morning that it was coming. It started with a tickle in my throat and then the cough started. It started out just a little cough but by the end of the night it was starting to getting uncontrollable. So I used my inhaler and took a lot of cough drops and figured I would be able to control it to at least get though church with Rick's Mom for Christmas Eve. By the time we got home I was feeling pretty wiped out.
Christmas morning was a new day. I woke up and thought to myself you can do this! You have the day off this year you are going to enjoy the day! You are not sick you are just fine! That lasted about as long as it took me to get out of bed. I was sick :( I managed to take a shower and get dressed and pretend that I was going to go to my Mom's for the day. Then I sat on the couch and it was over, I was defeated. I knew I had to stay home and not spread my germs to everyone else. Rick and Amy went to my Mom's without me. I was so sad. I did not get to see my family last year on Christmas and now I would miss them again. I laid on the couch the whole day with my stuffy nose, headache, coughing like crazy and feeling sorry for myself.
Friday was no better so I called my Doctor and she put me on Prednisone. Since I have asthma she wants me to get on it right away anytime I have a chest cold/cough. The only time I left the couch on Friday was to go to Walmart to get the drugs. I felt awful.
Saturday I got up and could hardly breathe. My asthma was getting the best of me. I took myself to Urgent Care in Waseca and they gave me a nebulizer treatment. Finally I could take a breathe again without struggling!
Sunday I went back to work. We are short staffed and I had already called in sick on Saturday so I did not want to do it again. I could have used another day to recover but I figured I could tough it out. I managed to stay the whole day but was wiped out by the time I got home.
Today I almost feel recovered. I have only had a couple coughing fits and my nose is way less stuffy. Hopefully I am over the hump. There is so much stuff going around. Two of my other coworkers are also sick. We can hardly wait for the Students to start coming back this weekend and with them comes all the sickness they bring from all over the world.....
Okay I am sure that is more then you ever wanted to know about my little sickness and my pity party for one :)
I hope you all got to enjoy your Christmas!
Sharon
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