My oldest kid was out of school a whole week with pneumonia a couple weeks ago. I got very little work done (no work = no $ but that’s OK in the short term).
On Friday I got a fever, chills, headache, lots of coughing, and massive massive fatigue. Now getting very little work done again. I’m probably going to be at like 40% typical income for the month. Again, OK in the short term but I got goals and this isn’t helping you know?
By Tuesday it was about the same level so I did a “telehealth” visit thing and they said, yeah suck it up and take some robitussin.
Last night I started hearing the sound of rice krispies coming from my throat after a breath. I think that’s a pretty tell tale sign of fluid in the lungs.
So today I went to urgent care. They did a chest x ray but the radiologist was out and the doctor found the imaging inconclusive but put me on antibiotics anyway.
Hopefully I will start feeling better in a day or two. This sucks.
And now after several days of eating very little and subsequently not pooping, my bowels are suddenly annoyingly and frequently mobile and gelatinous.
Next time you’re stuck on the commode you can study the bristol stool scale and try to rank your experience.