Dx: Whooping Cough

As you all know, I have been sick for almost all of 2007. I am grateful to say that I am on the road to recovery. All I have to do now is kick this damn sinus problem. During the course of being ill, I was diagnosed with a cold, the flu, bronchitis, a sinus infection, and...whooping cough.


My latest trip to the doctor's resulted in three prescriptions: a Xopenex inhaler to help me breathe, Levaquin to kill the bacteria, and Prednisone (pictured above) to suppress my Whooping Cough. Do I really have Whooping Cough? Of course not - though I have been known to have some deadly sounding coughs. Marissa decided to play doctor by ad libbing to my directions when typing them up. It was the smiley face that made me feel all better.

And now do you see why I do not fill at my own pharmacy?