Friday, January 30, 2009

2+2=4

Two winters plus two colds each winter equals four colds since we've been here. The latest one hit me last night on the way home from Dr. Piernik. They come on like a freight train, cough, chills, sweat, sneezing and feeling like you're going to die. There's no warning symptoms, one minute you're healthy and the next flat on your back. I spent the night under 4 covers and I was still cold. All day today I laid in bed and took vitamin C. Only now was I able to sit here long enough to write this. Germs must be different here than in the U.S. I can't remember that last time I had a cold in America.


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