Emotional and sick...enough said

So, today I am doing better than the last few days. Our wonderful family practitioner, Dr. Aga is all the way in Katy. If there was traffic, that would have taken me at least 1 hour and 15 minutes to get there, so I decided to just go to CVS' minute clinic near our house. I was really impressed. There was no line, the nurse was very attentive, they did a flu test and a strep test. Both were negative thank heavens. She listened to my lungs, they sounded clear, and she did the whole work up. They can prescribe antibiotics if needed, so I felt reassured that she would give them to me if it was necessary. Come to find out, it is an upper respiratory virus. She told me to take a few days of Claritin-D, Mucinex-D and to do a nasal rinse twice a day. She said there was no infection, so that was good. She also said that she can tell I have bad allergies...I think it is just the time of the year and everyone has bad allergies.

That being said, this was my first time doing a nasal rinse. Essentially, you put a saline solution in one nostril, it rinses your cavities and comes out the other nostril. She said nasal rinse, and I thought of this beast...

I pretty much though...YEAH RIGHT!! But she said it was really good to do on a regular basis to help around allergy season. I thought about Brandon and he could really benefit from something like that and if my allergies are as bad as she said, I guess I could as well. So, figured I would give it a shot. I came home and it was the strangest experience ever. Water shouldn't be streaming through your nose! I stayed calm (most importantly) and after I was done, the benefits were great. I found that it really helped and I would show Brandon how easy it was when he got home....

So, Brandon's home and I take him into the bathroom to show him this strange device. I start the process. Water flowing through the nose, and he screams, "Oh MY GOD! You're a water hose!".....Needless to say, I started cracking up while I had water flushing out my sinuses....NOT A GOOD IDEA! After I stopped my choking and laughing, I banned him from the bathroom, but I could still hear him giggling from the living room. It took me awhile to get my own giggles under control before I could finish.

Today, that Claritin-D and Mucinex are catching up with me. I am coughing more, but stuff is coming up SO while that's gross...that's really a good thing. My back is hurting really bad, but last night, I was up coughing all night, so I am probably going to go lay on the heating pad for a little bit...

Now, on to the emotional side of my sickness... Does this commercial make anyone else cry??????



LOL! I don't know why this commercial makes me blubber like I do!