Living La Vida Tussin~!

There are moments when I wonder why I am so stubborn, but last night was not one of those moments. I didn't want to go to urgent care but I new that eventually I would need to go and get some medication that was strong enough to knock me out. I had not really slept more than a few hours straight in days and days. You can't get heal when you are exhausted.

So the first thing I did was send a text message to my lovely wife. I told her to please come home as soon as she got out of work, that I was going to need her to drive me to Urgent Care, and that I loved her. Ten minutes later... the phone rings....It's my friend John.

Me - "Hello?"

John - "Hay man...do you need me to drive you to Urgent Care now?"

Me - "No man, that's okay, I am going to have my wife do it when she gets home."

John - "Are you sure?"

Me- "Yea.... why?"

John - "Because you sent ME that message, not your wife."

Me- "Huh? ... Oh man...!"

John - "Love you too....**sweetie**" (laughs)

Tracey came home, we got in the car, and off we went. Everything was normal on the way down, but the cough was getting worse and worse, and the pain in my chest and neck was epic. I did not want to take anything so that there would be nothing to interfere with my diagnosis or any medication they gave me.

Ok...now someone explain this to me.

When did it become okay to go out in public in your pajamas? When was it acceptable to go out in your slippers? When is it ever okay to talk to strangers like they are your best friends in the whole world and tell them things about you that no one needs to know about? When is all tact and etiquette just tossed out the window and comfort is the rule of the day? When?

At the Urgent Care Clinic... that's where.

After a very short 1.5 hour wait, I saw the doctor. He asked me what was wrong and I told him. He must have seen just how bad I looked, because he gave me a HUGE dose of antibiotics that is an entire series taken in just 5 days. He also gave me a cough syrup with a ton of codeine in it so I could sleep. I am grateful that the cough is gone now that I am taking the meds, and that for the first time in a week, I have some level of relief.

More later when I can think straight...