Two years ago during Spring Break we went to Japan (thankfully the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown wasn't 2 years earlier) and I had a bad cold before we left and it turned into an ear infection and annoying cough/runny nose. I was sick the whole time we were there. It really put a damper on our awesome vacation to Japan.
Last April my Grandpa and Grandma Allred had their 50 wedding anniversary so my family planned a big party for them and we all got to stay in this nice big house in Salt Lake together. The night before the party I started throwing up and had the flu. So I had to miss the party and stay in bed. It was no fun.
And here we are in present day and I am sick with Bronchitis. But that's not all, I also passed out twice in the shower on Monday morning. Let me back up.... I was supposed to be at a training for work this whole week. Last Friday I started feeling sick and started with a cough. Saturday I had a headache/body aches with a cough. Sunday I had all of that but I was also congested. We were leaving Sunday night at 7pm and staying in the Hotel because the training started at 8:30 in the morning and we didn't want to leave Logan that early. I felt sick, but I thought it was just a cold and that I could handle it. A couple of hours before we left my Grandma took my temperature and it was at 102 degrees. I probably shouldn't have gone, but my Step Mom and Grandma ran to Albertson's and got me some Emergence-C and we thought that would help my "cold". Well Monday morning I wake up at 7am and get in the shower. I'm almost finished when I get this feeling like I'm going to throw up. I felt all clammy and I started to get dizzy. I should have just gotten out of the shower, but I had conditioner in my hair and I thought I could hurry and rinse it out. I lean up against the wall of the shower for a second and next thing I know I'm on the floor of the tub and my head is right next to the faucet (thankfully I didn't hit my head or neck on anything and hurt myself). I hear my co-worker knocking on the door and asking me if I'm alright. Apparently she heard my loud bang and woke right up! I remember saying "I think I passed out" but I'm not sure how loud I actually said it. She was asking me if I could get a towel and open the door and she could help me out. So I stand up and the next thing I now I'm on the floor of the tub AGAIN! So my coworker is still knocking and yelling my name. I say again "I think I keep passing out". I get the water turned off and a towel wrapped around me. She helps me out and I get dressed then I lay down. It was so weird because I've never passed out before. I called Clark and he so lovingly drove down from Logan and picked me up. While he was driving down he called his Mom and she made me a Doctor's appointment in Kaysville. That is when I learned I had Bronchitis, caused by a bacterial infection and he thought I passed out because I was dehydrated. My pulse was fast and my blood pressure was on the high side. I thought I was drinking SO much water. I have a 24 oz water bottle that I had at least filled up 3 times on Sunday and this was Monday morning so I obviously didn't drink much during the night. But apparently when you are sick you need 1 gallon of liquids and 1/3 of them should be something with electrolytes. So I'm finally starting to feel a little better. I can't stop coughing which makes me really tired, but other than that I feel a lot better than I did. Since I missed my training I will have to go back down in April. Let's hope I don't get sick again!
