At first, on a Wednesday there was a sore throat, accompanied by  increasing sneezes.  I drank tea at night.  I still had energy.  On day two I vacuumed, and we went shopping.   There was not too much coughing yet.  But it was soon to start, together with a laryngitis.  From Saturday through the next Wednesday, I made my daytime spot on the couch, and slept frequently during the day, marveling that in my younger days, I would work when so afflicted.  Over the next five days I went through at least 1200 tissues isolating coughed up phlegm.  My appetite was going down.  Sunday evening I had a fever of about 100 degrees, and I coughed literally all night incorporating it into a dream story about how good it was that I had this illness, so I could warn a little someone that they needed to watch out for such things.  We determined that I should go to the doctor to get something to relieve the cough.

 On day five, we went over to see the medical group.  There was an opening in the resident clinic, and the doctor prescribed these benzonatate pearls, and an over-the counter decongestant, as well as
Amoxicilllin for a little ear inflammation.  Armed with this we went home and I began my regimen of three Amoxicillns per day and four of each of the cough suppressant and decongestant per day.

 My coughing has gradually eased up, my throat is no longer sore on day seven.   My wonderful husband took over cooking breakfast, all the meals, and otherwise helped.  I think this is quite a bad cold, though a common one, because it is still lingering.  They told me it would take a while to get rid of the cough.  Tomorrow I will pick up where I left off with the laundry!