Pneumonia for Christmas.... leads to blogging at 4AM

Why am I blogging at 4AM? The day after Christmas?
Well, on December 22 I got home from work and Brent and I were busy trying to get things done. All I wanted to do was sit on the couch and sleep. That afternoon my legs started to ache. We went out to dinner that evening. As we were eating I started to feel worse. I hurt everywhere. I hurt from the tip of my hair to the ends of my toe nails. The next morning I got up and made myself go to work. I had my neighbor, friend, coworker Katie listen to my lungs because I was starting to feel tightness in my chest. She said I just didn't sound so good. I still hurt everywhere and was feeling very weak and tired. I decided that since it was December 23rd I would get it checked out early and used my local family (AKA) Cache Valley ER as a recourse. I had a chest X-ray and headed out to punish myself and work some more. The ER doc told me he thought I had Bronchitis and to take some antibiotics. Well, when I finally got home I felt horrible. I went right to my bed. Melissa called me a few hours later and told me the Radiologist had read my X-ray and I had left lower lobe Pneumonia. Since then I have only gotten worse. Thankfully my great coworkers covered my patients I was supposed to see on Christmas eve. I have had a continual fever with severe body aches (with Tylenol and Ibuprofen). I cough and it just hurts. It doesn't do any good... it just hurts. And, I am just tired. Christmas is a crappy time to be sick. I think I am a compassionate person. I don't think I actually needed to have pneumonia, to feel bad for those who I take care of who have it. Anyway, I am blogging in the middle of the night because I am anxious trying to sleep. I am anxious because my chest is tight, and rattles, and crackles every time I take a breath. Thus, making it very hard to sleep. So, here is my little pitty party post. Thanks in advance for feeling bad for me! :0) Thanks to Brent for pulling off Christmas with a poor excuse for Santa's helper wife. Thanks to my kids for helping to take care of me... Thanks to my family for being supportive and understanding. I love you all. Here is to feeling better soon!