Sunday comes, I write my new post for you all to read and stayed home from church to rest up. Good thing because later that afternoon I had a 102 temp! And the cough I had then turned into a deep chest cough which began expelling all the wonderful matter clogging my lungs. It was so disheartening to been that sick. I didn't want to ask for the day off especially since I had only worked 8 days, but I did knowing there was no way I'd be able to work with my current condition.
After making the call and getting Monday off, I asked for my father to come over and give me a blessing. I know there's real power in the priesthood and I needed a blessing by my father so I could get back to work. Thankfully he and his home teacher were able to come to my home and give me the needed blessing. I wish I could say I was healed over night, but I wasn't.
Monday I got up and dragged my feverish body out of bed and to the doctors office. As my luck would have it, they were busy, busy, busy! I was in the waiting room for a good hour before I was finally taken into an exam room. I got my TB test results (passed) and then had to wait for the doctor. Thankfully they let me lay down and rest while I waited another 20+ minutes for the doctor to see me. He suspects I had the flu which developed into bronchitis. He then wrote me a new prescription and a note for the day and Tuesday off.
Poor Steven. When I told him I was taking Tuesday off too he decided to tell me how he planned on having flowers delivered for Valentines day. I was bummed too because that would have been really fun to have had done while I was working. Instead Steven brings me home a bag of heart candy and a beautiful bouquet of red roses. It perked my mood up amidst my suffering.
Then it was Tuesday, Valentines day! I was still coughing quite a bit and praying to my Heavenly Father that I'd be well enough to work Wednesday. I managed to go see my mother to get the humidifier from her to help with my bronchitis (which I think helped a lot!). After getting home I slept with it on for a few more hours. I work up to Steven calling and letting me know he's coming home. Then it was game time for me. For about 2 hours I cooked Valentines dinner for me and Steven. I don't know how I mustered up the energy for it, but it was well worth it for his happy face.
I, however, ended up vomiting my dinner up an hour later when a pill got stuck in the back of my throat and I ended up coughing really hard for a few minutes. Then it was bed time for me and again I hoped with all my heart that HF would have mercy on me and let me be well enough to work.
Wednesday was when I realized the blessing my father gave me had worked. I still had a low fever but my cough had lessened greatly. I made it through a full days work and didn't feel any worse. I was able to work the rest of the week. For those who don't know much about bronchitis, it stays with you for about 2-3 weeks. During this time you cough up flem because of the irritation and inflammation in your lungs. They say lots of rest is needed too. The fact I had energy enough to work and during the times I worked I never had to cough up a lung was a miracle for me. I didn't have to take a whole week off to recover.
Steven unfortunately caught my flu bug. He took Thursday and Friday off from work to give himself a 4 day weekend to recover. Thankfully he hasn't developed bronchitis (yet). He and I are feeling better though we still sound very awful when we cough. We both made it to church today and got to enjoy the missionaries for dinner. Pretty soon we'll be going to bed and here's hoping for another productive week in which we're able to get enough sleep in for our healing bodies.
I hope you all continue to be healthy. I forgot how miserable being truly sick is and trust me, not fun.
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P.S. When you guys read my posts, some of the things I post I link with an image or another post I've made. Like in this one there's the Valentine's Dinner you can click on to go see what I cooked. Just wanted to make sure you guys knew what was up with all the random yellow words.
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