Really? What IS it with guys and their refusal to see a doctor. Even when they are blatantly sick. And when I say sick, I mean SICK. Like hacking up a lung sick. Like "my lungs are now BLACK" sick.
This is my husband. And the ironic thing? Is that my husband is a health care PROFESSIONAL. He, in the words of my four year old, "makes people better". Granted, he's not a primary care doctor, but he IS a medical encyclopedia. And, yes. Some people DO use him as their primary care doctor, so that being said, he KNOWS. He really KNOWS.
So for two weeks he has been hacking and hacking. ALL OVER THE HOUSE. A couple times to the point where I have screamed at him to go to the doctor before storming off out of bed with my blankets at midnight because there was NO WAY I could sleep through the goose barks. And the other thing? Is that he thinks that when he coughs? He should then proceed to "hock up a loogie" and spit it in the closest available sink. This could be the main bathroom, the "guest bathroom" or the KITCHEN sink. I'm sorry, but I think that this is the grossest and most unsanitary thing EVER. Ok, if you MUST spit? Spit in a TISSUE and THROW IT AWAY. I may even cut you some slack and tolerate spitting in the toilet, but only if you can guarantee that it be flushed immediately because I definitely DO NOT need to see it or I may barf. And the thing is, is that he will run the water after and "wash it down the sink". Sorry to say that IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO DOWN, as he insists that it does on the hundreds of occasions I have "spoken" to him about this. So I have had to scrub and disinfect throat induced snot from both of my bathrooms and my kitchen sink, all while I gag, on a daily basis for the last TWO WEEKS. I am so done with it.
But the question is WHY he does this. What is his thinking behind this obscene behavior. You really want to know? Remember he is a HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL. His words: "I am coughing up the sickness. I feel like I can get the germs up." Whhhhaaaaaaat? Now. I may now have a medical degree or license but I definitely DO know that you can't get rid of sickness by coughing it out of your body, otherwise I would never have to take medication ever. Just cough it up and all is okay. No worries! Simply cough as though your life depends on it, get some big 'ol snot in your throat and upchuck it into your kitchen sink. HEALED!
So last night our youngest, Cam Bam, was up until midnight coughing and coughing....Again more yelling: "GO TO THE DOCTOR. YOU HAVE BEEN COUGHING ALL OVER THIS HOUSE FOR TWO WEEKS. NOW THE ASTHMATIC CHILD IS SICK WITH YOUR BLACK LUNG SICKNESS!" Cam Bam: <cough cough> <cough cough> Breathing treatment..... Chris: <cough cough> <cough cough>
5am
Cam Bam: <cough cough> <cough cough> <cough cough GAG> repeat for 10 minutes. breathing treatment....
<cough cough> sporadically for next 45 minutes
6am
Cam Bam: <cough cough> <cough cough> <cough cough GAG> STEROID breathing treatment.. Chris: <cough cough HOCK HOCK....spit> <cough cough>
6:30am
Cam Bam: <cough cough> <cough cough> <cough cough GAG> <GAG> "SARAH, SHE JUST THREW UP PHLEM!" breathing treatment.... Chris: <cough cough HOCK HOCK....spit> <cough cough>
Sarah: "CHRIS GO TO THE FREAKING DOCTOR OR DON'T BOTHER COMING HOME."
So I have had no more than 4-5 hours of sleep, and I feel like I am starting to want to cough.
Excuse me while I go and "hock up SEVERAL loogies (in tissues)" to heal myself while giving millions of breathing treatments today.
