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The first night

The bottom fell out from under us about a month ago. My husband had been sick all fall. He was traveling more than ever, but had this cold he couldn't shake. He even went to an allergist, and then an acupuncturist to try to relieve some sinus pressure. We couldn't figure out what it was, but he just couldn't shake it. He bought an air purifier, mounds of vitamin C tablets, anything he could to feel better. In about October I finally text-shamed him enough to go to urgent care. I told him I wanted a blood test because I knew something wasn't right, but he told me that the doctor there said I wasn't a doctor and it was just bronchitis. A blood test wouldn't have shown anything anyway, but an x-ray would have. They didn't take an x-ray. The bronchitis never seemed to clear up, so on the way back from church one Sunday in November he said he thought he'd go back to Urgent Care. That was wise, I told him. Maybe it was pneumonia. He went to Urgent Care, ...