Down with Asthma

I'm down with asthma this week. I've been having trouble breathing for the past couple weeks. The past few days I started coughing. Yesterday it became really bad so I went to the doctor. I thought I had bronchitis or an upper respiratory infection. Asthma didn't occur to me. But that's what the doctor diagnosed and treated me for. I took a breathing treatment and was put on two medications. Then I went back to work - for an hour. I still felt poorly so I went home and slept the rest of the day. I went to work today, however, as I felt somewhat better this morning. As the day went on, I began to cough a lot again, and I had trouble breathing. Not as bad as yesterday but still not good. I arranged with my boss to stay home tomorrow so I can take a long weekend to rest. I stopped and bought enough groceries to last so I won't have to leave the house. The daughter who gets cabin fever is staying with her friends. The other kids are homebodies. Hopefully, I'll be better soon. You'll also want to see what Amarinda Jones, Anika Hamilton, Anny Cook, Barbara Huffert, Brynn Paulin, Bronwyn Green, Dakota Rebel, Kelly Kirch, Molly Daniels, Sandra Cox, Regina Carlysle, and Cindy Spencer Pape are up to, so make sure to visit them also. :)

I can't win

I woke up ill - sore throat, stuffy nose, coughing. So I went to the doctor so I could nip this in the bud. Way too often my colds have turned into bronchitis, upper respiratory infections, and three times, even pneumonia. My boss and I had planned to conduct six employee reviews today, including mine. But the doctor said I was contagious and suggested I don't go back to work. Since half our office has been hacking and sneezing at work this week, I'm pretty sure I could have caught this from them anyway. But I gave my boss the option whether I should come back and he said not, to go home, rest up, and be better for Monday. I had to take one of my last two vacation days until May as the we only have 4 1/2 hours PTO built up this year so far. I'd planned to save those for the RT convention in April. I left too early in the day to use just the PTO. I also could have caught this from my youngest son who has the same symptoms. I also made an appointment for him to see the doctor tonight. I made it before I knew I'd be off the rest of the day. I wish my doctor had evening and weekend hours. Anyway, so I asked hubby to take DS3 to the doctor tonight. He said okay. Now he just called to yell at me that there's a long wait and he can't do something vital that he hadn't told me previously he had to do. When he's sick, he wants me to do everything. Even when he's not sick, he wants me to do everything - unless it involves baseball. My boss expects me to rest and come back well or at least somewhat better Monday. The hubby only seems to care that I'm inconveniencing him. I'm sooooooooo mad and sooooooooooo frustrated. I can't win.