Did You Catch The Number Of That Bus?

Ten days ago, I was on my way to work and I felt a tightness in the belly. By the time I made it to work, it was fullblown nausea, but I was able to get by. The next day was much worse, and by the end of my shift I was a wreck, yet I couldn't get out of a work committment the next day, so on I scrambled. I've had a constant headache, some dizziness, fever/chills, hacking cough. It really has felt like I've been hit by a bus like poor Zeljko Ivanek on Lost a few weeks back. I thought I was better over the weekend, but it was just the bug moving from my gut to my chest, and now my throat and lungs are hamburger. When I saw my doctor last week, he shrugged his usual shrug and said, "We don't know how to fight these things except with rest and lots of fluids." He added later, "If you call me in a few days to say you're coughing up dark green phlegm, we'll try an antibiotic." Who says there isn't foreshadowing in reality? I now have an antibiotic and it already feels like it's working.