She's Alive!

Yes, I have finally turned the corner on this upper respiratory infection thing that I've been fighting for 11 days.  It started the Friday before last and I'm still working on shaking it off, but I'm feeling so much more like me.  It's insane how much better I feel.

Wednesday afternoon through Friday evening, I felt like I couldn't breathe.  I was wheezing so badly that I could barely breathe and it was the worst feeling in the world.  I tried some home remedies here to try to change that, but they were very, very temporary in their effectiveness.  Finally, hubby called the doc and they prescribed a bronchial inhaler and a cough med.  The bronchial inhaler was a godsend.  It worked immediately and I could feel more oxygen getting to my lungs.  The cough medication made me laugh.  It was a tiny golden pill.  I've never taken a pill as a cough med.  When hubby picked up the meds, he also grabbed a thermometer since ours wasn't working anymore.  And Friday's temp wasn't a good one.  It read 102.9.  Later in the evening it went down a bit, but only to 102.3.

But Saturday morning, I still felt like crap.  Hubby called the doc and I went back in to see someone.  I saw the new doctor at the practice and can I say I just loved her?  She was so nice, so sweet, so compassionate.  I want her to my new primary and I want to be her friend.  Maybe it's the meds talking...Anyway...officially I was down 5.5 pounds since Monday, oops!  My temp was back to 101.1, just like Monday.  The bronchial inhaler helped tremendously with my air passages and she didn't hear any wheezing.  Ahhhh.... She prescribed a Z-pack antibiotic and pregnesone. 

By Sunday, I really felt much more like myself than I have in over a week.  I spent my Sunday watching Balls of Fury and the Philadelphia Eagles, doing and folding laundry.  We even went out to dinner!  It was nice to get out of the house, but it took us almost 2 hours at dinner because service was awful.  It normally isn't.

And a BIG thank you to my fabulous hubby for taking such good care of me the past 11+ days!!  He made sure I had everything I needed, made sure I ate and drank, drove me to and from the doctor, picked up my medications, and didn't kill me for whining about being sick.  I couldn't have asked for a better care taker and 

I LOVE YOU!!!

101

For the past 5 days, I have been sick.  Thursday and Friday, not too bad, but I was coughing....which I knew did not bode well.  As a child I had asthma and since then, when I get sick, my lungs are the ones that get hurt first.  I tried some Airbourne in green tea, but sadly, it did not help.

I went out on Saturday for my 11 mile run, even though I wasn't feeling well.  From what I've read, if you're coughing you shouldn't run.  But, I blew that advice off and ran anyway.  Bah!  I stopped a few times to cough, but I got through the run.

Sunday, I woke up and we had a full day planned.  It was my birthday and hubby took me to the Baltimore Zoo for the day.  We hadn't been to a zoo in a long time and I'd never been to the Baltimore Zoo.  I got to see the polar bears, which are my favorites and we saw some cute primates and lemers among other animals.  Then we headed off to dinner at The Owl Bar.  It opened in 1903, which in and of itself is cool. But, it stayed in operation throughout Prohibition, so it was a speakeasy too!  Very cool place!  From there, we hit up the always tasty Vaccaro's.  Had the best hot apple cider ever!  Dessert was so big, I ended up taking half of it home.  Yum!  Sadly, all that running around caught up with me and I slept most of the ride home.  And by the time we got home, I was hot and had the chills.  Lovely.

When I woke up Monday, I still felt awful.  Went into the doctor's, who made me wear one of these in the waiting room and during the exam:

I felt like I had the plague or something.  When I mentioned to the doctor I felt like I was living during the 1918 Influenza Epidemic, he just looked at me funny.  Eh.  Alright, whatever.  Anyway...my temperature by the time I got to the doctor's office was 101 degrees.  Surprised by that.  I can't remember the last time I had a fever, let alone one over 100. 

And basically, I have an upper respiratory infection and there's not much to be done.  I have some Sudafed, Mucinex, and Delsym for symptoms, but I'll be dealing with this for about 2 weeks...unless I get a secondary infection, which means I'll start feeling better, then get worse again.  Lovely.  Thanks.

So I'm feeling a bit better than I was, but I had an awful night's sleep last night.  I'm flirting with a migraine.  Even with the Delsym, I'm coughing. It's just not been fun the last couple days...