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Thursday, April 23, 2020

CVSD: Day 42

Yall, I have had a cough since this whole coronavirus in the US started. That's like 42 days, if you're counting. Isaac has had a good cough for a week. I'm pretty sure he has allergies and Claritin at bed seems to help him. Daniel has also developed a cough this week. Jack does not have a cough.

Yesterday I may have experienced a small panic attack. I have been coughing so hard that I was gagging and pulling muscles. I also have had arm pain since Sunday followed by neck pain. I'm fairly certain I just have a pinched nerve, but these days, who knows?

As for the panic... I wasn't feeling great yesterday and the more I coughed the more my heart started racing and I started to feel dizzy and it gave me a headache. I tried to nap but felt worse and all of a sudden it all felt like too much. My chest was super tight and I couldn't get ahold of the crazy cough.

I wasn't sure what to do, so I hopped in the shower. The heat calmed me down. When I got out I used Vicks on my chest and bottoms of my feet and finally felt like I could breathe again. I took an Excedrin and called a BCBS nurse hotline. To be honest I felt silly talking to the nurse. Other than the cough and arm pain, I didn't really have any symptoms. And while a lingering cough stinks, I have not had a fever or chills.

There is talk that our state will open up soon. I know the economy is tanking but I also know history is full of examples of people breaking quarantines too soon and more people dying. I'm just ready for all of my family to be over this cough.

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