Chest cold
Written on Thursday, March 23, 2006 by Jessica
I caught it. I thought I'd survived the quarantine zone, but yesterday I began showing symptoms. Thank goodness my approved medications list includes cough medicine.
Update: Today is Friday, and people are now teasing me about the medicine chest I have here at my desk -- Robitussin, Sudafed, and Tylenol. Bob drove all the way to Indian River to get me the Sudafed. It wasn't stocked at the gas station on the way home because the active ingredient in Sudafed is used to produce crystal meth. In Michigan, all medications containing that ingredient must now be kept behind a pharmacy counter. You can still buy it without a prescription, but it has to be monitored by a pharmacy. Thanks to my cousin, Michelle, who works the pharmacy counter where Bob went. He nearly bought a less-effective version that is stocked in the aisle, but Michelle spotted him and set him straight! Thanks, Michelle! Thanks, Bob!
Apparently, it's going around the whole country! I hope this isn't the weekend you're heading out the Mall of America for a minivacation.
I stayed home from work on Monday and went to the doctor. A blood test showed an elevated white blood cell count, which apparently meant I was trying to fight off an infection. I've never had a cold develop into something worse before, so I guess I have to credit K.B. and my weakened immune system. :) In any case, I'm taking antibiotics now and should be better within the week.
Lol! Five days of labor, pneumonia, love it!
Did you lose your social security card? My parents lost mine when I was kid. I've managed to survive my life without ever having one. Obviously, I have a number, just no card.
I'm pretty sure you do need a social security card to get a passport. Except for a couple of visits to Canada, I've never left the country. And since you don't need a passport to go to Canada, I've simply never need my social security card.
That's too bad about your sister!