The Christmas That Was
Woman in the Middle | December 27, 2017Back on December 14th, at 9:20 p.m., I realized, just like that, that I had a sore throat and running sinuses. And, just like that,the holiday season took a detour for me. I managed to hold it together for two more days, until the children’s Christmas party charity I am part of made the season brighter for about 700 kids. Then it was lights out for me, and still is, to some extent. The cold went right to my chest and I developed a cough that was so loud and horrible I couldn’t leave the house. On the rare occasion I did it was not for very long. There were a couple of trips to the grocery store, 15 minutes in a Kohl’s, and the occasional visit to a Starbucks. Otherwise, I binged watched The Crown (which I highly recommend) and BBC shows. I watched so many people with British accents, it is surprising I haven’t developed an accent myself!
It is the pits being sick at Christmas time. I missed out on various events at church, including Youngest Daughter’s second bell choir performance. I missed the first chance to meet the new boyfriend, as he cane to see the bell performance. I had entered a 24 hour period of not getting out of my pajamas at that point, so I didn’t leave the house that day. Meanwhile, I talked to a doctor on the phone and two days later I visited one in person. Not much they can do, but I got everything that I could get to try and calm the bronchitis and accompanying cough.
On the plus side, the house was almost completely decorated and almost all the gifts were bought when I went down for the count. That took a load off my mind and made the TV binge watching even more enjoyable. We had already planned to eat out on Christmas day, so I didn’t have to worry about planning and cooking a big meal, either. And I finally got the meet the new boyfriend on Christmas evening.
I am happy to report the coughing is …less….It has not gone away and does not give any hint that it will go away any time soon. However, I am getting out and about more and I still enjoyed Christmas, in spite of it all. Being sick at Christmas means you have permission to let go of any perfectionist tendencies. And, boy, I let those go! In the end I am just happy it appears no one in the family caught what I have and that I have had the chance to slow down and get better.
I hope your Christmas was lovely, with less coughing than ours, and I wish you all matter of wonderful things in the new year!
So sorry to hear you got sick. I’m glad you are feeling better but you will probably have that cough for quite some time. It’s always the last symptom to go for some reason. We had the Atlanta crew here so things here were pretty exciting and loud! We loved every minute of it of course. There is nothing like a four-year-old boy looking forward to Christmas to liven up a normally quiet house! Merry Christmas!
I bet you enjoyed loving on that baby as well!
Being sick over Christmas sucks, but it is what it is, I hop you are on the mend now and have no set backs.
Thank you!
Well, I think I got what you got. I am taking Amoxicillin and drinking plenty of warm beverages. At you didn’t lose your voice! Happily, it hasn’t turned into Bronchitis.
I lost my voice with what I caught in Orlando, but not as much with the one I got before Christmas. Hope you feel better soon! It is going around! IF you don’t have the cough you may have something else. Lots of people I know have the cough like I had.