5th Year,
Lourdes Sosa Mayer.
A heavy cold…
I remember the last
cold I had… I had it on the winter holidays. I can say, that probably, it’s
been the worst cold I’ve ever had until now.
One day, my little
sister came from school with a hacking cough. She also had a fever and then she
started to feel run-down. I took care of her while my mum was buying some
medicine for her.
The next day (it was a
Wednesday) when I was at school I felt run-down and I couldn’t concentrate on
my homework and classwork. I’d woken with a high temperature but I didn’t care
very much.
When I arrived home I
was cold, so my mum prepared a hot soup for me and after that, she gave me a
hot toddy- that had a disgusting taste! I was very tired so I went to bed and
slept for 3 hours! When I woke up I had a terrible headache. At that moment the
only ones that felt ill were my sister and I, my brother would feel bad two
days later.
I skipped school on
Thursday and Friday. I felt horrible for about 8 days… Luckily there was a
weekend and I could rest very well.
As I had a high
temperature of about 39° degrees, I was very thirsty. I drank a lot of water,
as much as it was possible, so I went to the lavatory very often. My bed was
full of used tissues and my nose was really runny.
The only positive
thing I saw from having a heavy cold was to get the maximum attention and
pampering from all my family, including from my brother and sister.
When I got better I
was starving!!! I wanted to eat everything but nothing was enough. I went to
the kitchen and I grabbed some eggs, a cake box, milk and other cooking tools.
Then I took the blender, put all the ingredients in a bowl, mixed them and
prepared a big and delicious cake.
The cake was the best
after an awful week of remedies, bed rest, tissues and… heavy colds!!!
