Until my August 8 due date, that is. Right now, the pregnancy discomfort is taking a back seat to a case of bronchitis with a TERRIBLE cough that lingers despite a week of antibiotics. I’ve coughed until my ribs and upper abdomen ache like I’ve been beaten. Two different kinds of medicine in a nebulizer loaned by the med unit have slowed the coughing down some, but it’s still not gone. Each time I cough, hiccup, roll over in bed, or try to get into or out of a chair, it feels like someone punches me in the side. It’s a pain that cries out for ibuprofen, but of course I can’t take anything but stinking Tylenol, which is pretty much useless.
Initially, I was fretting about missing work, because I wanted to save my sick leave for after the baby was born but now I feel too crappy to fret.
Keep the Kansas Kin posted re the blessed event. FD
Comment by Frank S. Day — July 12, 2009 @ 10:45 am