Because I fear that I may have tuberculosis, contract from our goat, Guinness. Well, I may fear that, but my trip to the doctor yesterday said otherwise.
Here is the timeline up to now:
Three weeks ago- upper respiratory illness, much inflamation and soreness, copious amounts of mucus. Fun was had by no one. Recovery time- ~2 days
A little over a week and a half ago- sore throat is back. What a cruel world! Here comes the runny nose as well. Didn't my immune system just give this bug the old what for? Coughing, much coughing, mostly at night. This makes it hard to sleep.
Recovery time- for the sore throat, ~3 days, the coughing, read on.
Yesterday night, middle of the night- I have been coughing all night, little sleep has been obtained. My throat is now raw and sore from coughing. Then breathing becomes increasingly difficult. Wheezing and labored breathing do not make any bit of life easier, let alone getting sleep. Nose is stuffy again too, where did that come from? Time passes, morning comes, the condition has only worsened. I have a fever. All of my muscles are sore and I have a headache, both likely from coughing. Pulse is racing, likely due to fever. I decide to forgo histo/phys, on account of not being able to breathe, and obtain a doctor's appointment to try to fix my respiratory apparatus. Student health appointment is obtained suprisingly quickly (I called at 10:12, the appointment was 10:30). Fever, 100.8F. Racing heart, 120bpm. Labored breathing, it's gotten worse. Lung capacity, ~50%. Lung sounds, PERFECT. WTF? Well, at least it isn't TB. So, I was nebulized with Albuterol, no effect except shakiness and numbing of extremities. I was sent home with cephalexin, prednisone, and an albuterol inhaler. Come back in one week, we will see where things are. Ok. Fine.
Yesterday afternoon- slept for five hours, took ibuprofen, fever finally broke. Could breathe much better by bedtime, still not 100%. Much less coughing.
Went to morning classes only today, I faded quickly once I got up this morning and the cough was returning. I also figured that my lungs could use a break from the formalin-soaked, rumen-stink-laden anatomy lab, so I was already planning on passing up that this afternoon.
Books were bought (2 Seuss, one sex manual, I figured, the first two were a must for tomorrow's Seuss party, the third was a present long-awaited for being sick), lunch was had, in public, whilst reading said sex manual, groceries were bought for supper and seuss cake, nap was taken.
There have been a few small, contained mini-fiascos with regards to the supper and seuss cake, but everything is well undercontrol, except for the fact that it is now 10:30 and the red velvet layers (hopefully I will be able to get two out of this single cake) are still in the oven. Why do I have such fabulous elaborate ideas??
11:13pm UPDATE- A single red velvet cake did not seem like it was going to be sufficient to make two layers in the finished product. Thus, I have just put a second one in the oven (~30min). Then it must cool (goddess knows how long this will take, I have been putting them outside for super-cooling once 15-20 min are up, though, so that helps) before I can frost them.
Also, there is a rhythmic clicking noise in Troy and Rachel's kitchen that is driving me BONKERS!!!! And this computer monitor makes this really high frequency noise that Troy can't hear, but it drives me OUT of MY GOURD!!
The assembling of said Seuss cake will hopefully go off without a hitch, or without many hitches, anyway. The plan: red velvet layer, white layer, red velvet layer, shaped like the cat in the hat's hat, frosted to resemble this famous hat.
We will see where dental floss, a sharp, cold knife, a paper pattern, and plenty of cream cheese icing in red and white varieties will get me.
With any luck, I will be in bed, with a fabulous cake under my belt, by 1am. Wish me luck. Off I go.
11:45 UPDATE
Feeling less grumpy. Just had mind-blowing sex. Cake #4 is almost done (#1 was a lost cause, fell to pieces).
I think that I will leave this entry here.
Goodnight, world!