To Bed Or Not to Bed, that is the question.
Yesterday I stayed in bed all day with cold symptoms. This morning when I was waking up I could tell I wasn’t any better and determined I would get plenty of rest, drink lots of fluids, and take cold medicine all day. But that all changed when my daughter’s crisis became a higher priority for me today than the misery of my cold. When she came to me for help, and it was very obvious that she really needed me, I was able to get up, shower, get dressed, doctor my symptoms, and spend the day taking her to appointments and cheering her up.
I did drink lots of fluids and dosed up on cold medicine every 4 hours … but scratch the bed rest … and tonight I am no worse for the wear. Now, my question is, if I could do that when I was needed why couldn’t I just get out of bed and shower, get dressed, doctor my symptoms, and clean my house? I didn’t feel top notch all day, I coughed and ached … but it didn’t stop me from doing what I needed to do. So, was I just not as sick as I thought I was or did some little switch have to be activated to pour adrenalin and stamina into my system to keep me going? I don’t know how it all works but I’m glad it does.
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