I really am going to live.

I really am going to live.

Unless a truck hits me, I should make it through this. I have coughed so much that my ribs hurt and Dr. Mark Jones said that I will likely cough another few weeks. Great! At least I do not have pneumonia. My apologies to all who were here on New Year's Day. The rest of you are lucky that you escaped. This hit about Tuesday, which means that I was probably coming down with it earlier.

I ended up having x-rays of my lungs because I am old. My lungs are clear, of course. I think the doctor even knew that when he sent me to the lab. What I have is Acute Bronchitis.

Symptoms usually include (and I have them all):

A cough, which is the main symptom of acute bronchitis. It may be dry at first (does not produce mucus) and after a few days may bring up mucus from the lungs (productive cough). The mucus may be clear, yellow, or green. Sometimes, small streaks of blood may be present.

A mild fever, usually less than 101 F. A higher fever may indicate pneumonia. (Mine was 101.)

A general feeling of tiredness. (What's new?)

A sensation of tightness, burning, or dull pain in the chest under the breastbone that usually is worse when breathing deeply or coughing.

Whistling noises (wheezing) when breathing, especially during physical exertion. (Oh, you mean walking!)

Hoarseness.

Most cases of acute bronchitis in otherwise healthy people last only 2 to 3 weeks. But more than 20% of people with acute bronchitis have a cough that lasts more than 4 weeks.

Often it is hard to tell the difference between viral and bacterial forms of acute bronchitis, and many conditions have symptoms similar to acute bronchitis, such as asthma and pneumonia. Because pneumonia can be a serious complication, it is important to know the differences between acute bronchitis and pneumonia. For example, a high fever, shaking chills, and shortness of breath often occur with pneumonia but not with acute bronchitis.

Dr. Jones decided to give me an antibiotic because it seemed as though I have a bacterial form. It worked, so I guess he was right. I am feeling like I might live and, except for coughing fits that last several minutes and take the breath away, I am doing well.

Dad thought I had pneumonia which is why he insisted that I go to the doctor.

At any rate, I am not contagious anymore. 

Sorry about exposing all of you. 

Love, M


*We love you, and sure hope you get better soon. -Shawn

President Pinegar‏

AnnMarie wrote:

Mom,

I did not have luck contacting President Pinegar through Facebook.  Would you please help me find out if he would be willing and able to speak to the Provo East Stake youth at our youth conference this summer?  We will be dorming at Snow College June 21-23.  On the 21st we will be attending the pageant.  If he is wondering, our stake presidency is President Randal J. Christiansen, counselors Stephen Hales and Mark D. Palmer.  Many of our YM/YW leaders were in the MTC when he was president there and would really enjoy our youth having the opportunity to listen to him.

Thanks,

AnnMarie

I really am going to live.‏

Unless a truck hits me, I should make it through this. I have coughed so much that my ribs hurt and Dr. Mark Jones said that I will likely cough another few weeks. Great! At least I do not have pneumonia. My apologies to all who were here on New Year's Day. The rest of you are lucky that you escaped. This hit about Tuesday, which means that I was probably coming down with it earlier.

I ended up having x-rays of my lungs because I am old. My lungs are clear, of course. I think the doctor even knew that when he sent me to the lab. What I have is Acute Bronchitis.

Symptoms usually include (and I have them all):

A cough, which is the main symptom of acute bronchitis. It may be dry at first (does not produce mucus) and after a few days may bring up mucus from the lungs (productive cough). The mucus may be clear, yellow, or green. Sometimes, small streaks of blood may be present.

A mild fever, usually less than 101 F. A higher fever may indicate pneumonia. (Mine was 101.)

A general feeling of tiredness. (What's new?)

A sensation of tightness, burning, or dull pain in the chest under the breastbone that usually is worse when breathing deeply or coughing.

Whistling noises (wheezing) when breathing, especially during physical exertion. (Oh, you mean walking!)

Hoarseness.

Most cases of acute bronchitis in otherwise healthy people last only 2 to 3 weeks. But more than 20 percent of people with acute bronchitis have a cough that lasts more than 4 weeks.

Often it is hard to tell the difference between viral and bacterial forms of acute bronchitis, and many conditions have symptoms similar to acute bronchitis, such as asthma and pneumonia. Because pneumonia can be a serious complication, it is important to know the differences between acute bronchitis and pneumonia. For example, a high fever, shaking chills, and shortness of breath often occur with pneumonia but not with acute bronchitis.

Dr. Jones decided to give me an antibiotic because it seemed as though I have a bacterial form. It worked, so I guess he was right. I am feeling like I might live and, except for coughing fits that last several minutes and take the breath away, I am doing well.

Dad thought I had pneumonia which is why he insisted that I go to the doctor.

At any rate, I am not contagious anymore. 

Sorry about exposing all of you. 

Love, M

Just So You Know About Genealogy. . .

Myrna wrote: The genealogy lines on my side of the family, mostly the Pitts and Edwards lineage where we went back to Adam (Hehehe), have been corrected on Ancestory.com. We no longer go back to Adam. Oh, well, sad though it may be, it is all checked and doubled checked and is as correct as I know how to make it until I find another mistake. I am not having as much luck with new.familysearch.org. Several lines have holds on them and it takes longer to correct that information. I am now trying to get Elizabeth Brewster married to the right man, Thomas Emerson. I will keep you posted as to how that works. So many family members have put in conflicting information and names that there is a hold on her name. I am working through that, I hope.


Melanie wrote: Mom,

That is still amazing! Thank you for doing all this work. 

I hope that your cough gets better really soon and that you will be able to sleep better. 

I love you.
Mel

Shawn wrote: Yes, thank you so much. I guess I will have to update my gedcom’s again.

Tom and Laurel Move

All three of you, my dear sisters, wrote about Tom and Laurel's move. None of you said why they are moving. Also, are they keeping their home in Price or selling? I have been going to call but I have a terrible cough. I cannot seem to stop and I didn't want to call and hack away. The doctor said that his other patients with this rotten cough have kept hacking away for up to four weeks. Mine just started on Dec. 27 so I have awhile, I guess. I am OK if I don' talk. Cruel and unusual punishment in my case. :)