Today has involved lots and lots of coughing and with it loads of thick tenacious phlegm. I an not one of those frail type nurses who are grossed our by or run from phlegm, but I am amazed at the amount of the junk I was bringing up.
The color also fascinated me. It variated from greenish to grayish and thick as hell. It never ended and I have gone through two tissue boxes and one roll of toilet paper. Toilet paper is always the tissue backup. So now I am propped up in bed with the trusty roll of toilet paper at my side. It makes me especially happy that I splurge of good quality toilet paper.
Did you know that phlegm contains the dead white cells used to fight off the current infection. So coughing it up a plenty is good sign. It means my immune system is kicking ass even though it took a sneaky blow to the mid-section. it is just a messy business dealing with all the little gooey wads of paper.
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