Lungs Killing Cough

It's 6.25am as I typed. I am up the entire night. All because of this cough.

I have this awful cough for the past 1 week. It started small (they always do) and I coughed only at nights, bothering me only a little. So I self medicated with lozenges and cough syrup. It worked. Only for awhile.

It got worse and I would wake up 3 times a night from the cough. It's just a really awful chesty cough. Finally I went to see doctor, happy to go home with medicine and said goodbye to the nasty cough.

Now my medicine is completed but my cough has mutated to an even worse form. I am coughing so badly, I needed a thick folded towel to mute the noise to avoid disturbing the baby and Mouse. Tonight is the worst lot. I coughed until food & liquid comes up in my mouth. Until I am having a hard time breathing. I ate so much lozenges, my tongue is thickly coated with a numbing feeling. I wear a neck scarf to bed and keep myself warm as I suspect the aircon contributes to the cough. All of them bring only very little relief. Now I am getting a running nose too. My chest hurts. My tonsils are swollen and in pain. My throat hurts.

Bah!

Urgh! Go away, you rob me of my sleep and function for more than a week. Go!

I am just waiting for the sun to come up, so I can go to the doctor again. Meanwhile I'll just keep on holding the towel to my face to muffle the cough. So I can cough cough cough and cough.

And kill my lungs along the way.