Well, that was humiliating.

[rivka]

Ironically, I was feeling vastly better for most of today. I've been going to work since Friday, but today I actually felt like I had a reasonable amount of energy rather than sitting at my desk exhausted. I felt normal. That lifted my spirits dramatically.

In the late afternoon I started to have a little shortness of breath, so I reached for my inhaler. I took a puff and started to cough. Then I coughed more and more. I realized that something was way wrong and jumped to my feet, but I only made it to the living room doorway before I started to throw up. Extensively. In front of Michael and both kids, who were desperate (Michael), loudly revolted (Alex), and freaked out (Colin).

Michael managed to get a trash can to me before it was too late to be of any use at all. He started a video to keep Colin out of the way and brought some rags, which I used to do an initial mopping-up. Then, while he mopped the floor, I went down to the basement laundry to take off all my clothes and start them and the rags washing in hot water.

At that precise moment, the doorbell rang. It was wcg, come to dinner while the house still reeked and I was naked and filthy in the basement. He was very kind about the whole thing, but OMG this was not a situation which I wanted to subject company to. He awesomely stayed and kept the kids entertained while necessary things like showering and bleaching the trash can and rewashing stuff took place.

I didn't cough anymore. I just felt disgusting and humiliated and revolting and like an awful scourge to my family.

At bedtime Alex declared that she would like her father to put her to bed. And then she said calmly, "Mom, I have a little secret to share with you. I like Dad better than I like you."

Well. Thank you, honey. That was just what this evening fucking needed.

Comments

[kate-schaefer.livejournal.com]

You are not a scourge to your family, nor are you disgusting in the slightest. You are very sick and need more support than your support network has been able to give you so far.

Your daughter has reacted in an extremely irritating but age-appropriate way. Dammit.

[txanne.livejournal.com]

I agree.

[mme-hardy.livejournal.com]

^^^ What she said.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

I fully understand that no one will believe me after this post, but seriously, I am genuinely not very sick now. It wasn't even an especially prolonged or violent bout of coughing - it just hit me exactly the wrong way.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Also, this comment may have the highest adverb:sentence ratio I have ever achieved.

[redbird]

*giggle*

Other than that, I have nothing more useful to say than that I hope nothing like this happens again, ever.

[mizchalmers.livejournal.com]

People, she's vomiting adverbs! We need an editor over here, stat!

In other news, you remain my favourite Rivka on the entire Internets.

[puzzlement.livejournal.com]

Still, there's not particularly sick and there's that one instant of pure horror.

I've coughed until vomiting a few times... and so, informed sympathy. It sucks. I hope you feel totally well soon.