An "ER" End to the Flu

It was another night of coughing every 20 minutes, and virtually no sleep. The upper respiratory infection that seemed to ease yesterday returned with a vengeance last night, and left me gasping and ridding myself of unwanted congestion, but it never stopped. So, after breakfast this morning, I called my health plan, and notified them I'm getting treatment. I insisted that Tom stay home with the 3 dogs, so he could get work done in the backyard. Glad I did, as I was in the Emergency Room for over 2 hours.
I went to Bowie's local "ER" off Route 197. I had never been before, but it's an odd-ER not joined with a hospital (if you can imagine). They took me in immediately. I described what's been happening, and they asked me about Asthma. I DO have it, but it's been diagnosed as "mild." Apparently, it has NOT been "mild" with this flu or Upper respiratory infection.
They took chest x-rays to confirm no pneumonia, thankfully. Then put me on an Albuterol-laced nebuilizer in the ER for 25 minutes, which opened my lungs. They confirmed that by listening before and after the treatment. Before, the doc said "there's a lot of wheezing in your lungs," and after she said, "sounds like new lungs." They gave me a super-antibiotic, robitussin with codeine, and an albuterol inhaler, in addition to the sudafed PE, mucinex, and ibuprofen I'm taking. Wow. In 5 days more (making 12 total), this should be over.