It’s Just a Cough
I went for a mini-vacation in Batam, Indonesia where our villa had a private pool. Throughout our 48-hour stay, I spent more time in the water than out. Any time I wasn’t in the water, I was in our air-conditioned villa room with just a damp T-shirt over my swimsuit. I fell sick after the trip: runny nose, cough, etc.
Eventually, most of the symptoms went away and I was left with just a cough. One day, we went to play paintball and I completely overexerted myself running, ducking, crawling, what have you. I fell asleep but woke up coughing with the feeling of something being stuck in my throat.
Turns out, my condition was way more serious. I was having a very serious asthma attack. The worst thing is, this was the same doctor who told me to always carry my inhaler around JUST IN CASE, but I just wasn’t diligent about it. EarthwormJane