Bloody Nose

The heat has been on pretty consistently over the past week as it is now mid-November and temperatures are not getting above 60 any more and lows are at or near freezing.  So the air is now bone dry.  I have had this cold since last Wednesday, and it is not getting any better.  Sunday night I got my first bloody nose of the season.  And then Monday I got two more.  And today another one.  I am going to see if I can get in to my primary care provider to get the vessel cauterized because there must be one bad one in there that keeps popping whenever I sneeze or cough hard.  However, I am also coughing up blood in mucus and swallowing blood, which has such a disgusting taste.

I had signed up to drive for a field trip with my son's class to a food shelf, and as I felt ok this morning (the cough always gets worse as the day goes on) so I went.  The kids were fun to listen to in the car, and I love eavesdropping on their conversations when they forget that I am there.  They watched a movie on sharks which was nice as it was about a 20 minute drive.  It was interesting to see what the food shelf actually looks like, and the kids enjoyed stocking the shelves with all the food we brought.

Yesterday, I slept until noon.  It has been a long time since I did that, but I think the cold is messing with me.  My husband hates when I snore as he wears a C-PAP to keep him from snoring at my demand.  And I've been waking up coughing, which also wakes him up.  So I've been sleeping on the couch at night, which hasn't been too bad, since I can sleep in the bed during the day.  I also napped today from 2 until 8:30.  I really don't want to be sleeping all day and up most of the night, but instead I'm just sleeping most of the day and most of the night.  I wish I had energy.  Between the cold and the Crohn's, I am 100% zapped.  I am so glad we are not hosting Thanskgiving this year.  It was our turn, but I've hosted in the past with an uncontrolled flare and swore I'd never do it again.  So my mother reserved the party room at her building and we're having Thanksgiving there.  I hope it is fun.  Or at least not miserable.