Plagued by more random ailments!

So I am sick again, we started teaching again about two weeks ago and about 2 days into the first week, I lost my voice and developed a cough. I didn’t think much of it because I usually loose my “teacher’s voice” when I get up to talk in front of my 160 loud students. But this cough lasted a little longer than I would have liked it to. Coughing when added to asthma just makes things worse. So last Thursday I went to bed after an asthma attack, not uncommon for China or nighttime, and wasn’t able to sleep at all. I spent all night rolling around, coughing up a storm and trying to recover from whatever was holding on to my lungs. I woke up in the morning extremely sore, and nervous about teaching. Somehow I made it through my class having to pause every few minutes to avoid coughing and inhaling all the chalk debris. That started my suspicion on the infamous bronchitis. I’m not diagnosed by a doctor or anything, mostly because I really really don’t want to go to another doctor in China. I’m tired of the hospital here. Anyways, I’ve been pretty down and out since Friday. I went downtown to meet with a friend Friday night, but that probably just made things a bit worse for me. But really, I hate being stuck in my apartment sometimes. I finally was able to sleep a few nights ago when I moved out of my room to the couch. Something about sleeping on a couch has always been more comforting for me. Probably because my dad likes to sleep on the couch so I inherited the couch sleeping gene or something. I'm stuck indoors again today, Joelle, my team leader, is actually teaching one of my classes right now. But today seems a bit better so hopefully they will let me go to school tomorrow. If you could please lift up thoughts for my health and for my team’s health, hopefully I didn’t infect any of them, and for my students. Thank you for all of your support and for your thoughts!