xie_xie_xie - Meet my whooping cough

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16 August 2007 @ 01:15 am

Meet my whooping cough

A friend ... a veterinarian, who you would think would have more compassion for suffering but since I'm not a cute puppy apparently not... sent me a stuffed toy in the form of the bacteria that causes whooping cough.

No seriously she did. Really.

It's not bad enough that I sound like this, it also seems that I have a microscopic version of this running around and breeding inside my respiratory system.

I mean, did I need to know this? I did not.

And just a reminder to enter my Sexy and Seventeen Season One Justin Icon Challenge... prizes for icon makers AND for those who nominate icons!!!! You don't have to be the icon maker! Show the world your Justin love!

Okay, I promised everyone I'd go to bed tonight at 11 and it's ummm... substantially past that now. I suck.

*slinks off*

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aimee-br.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 08:35 am (UTC)

So this is what's bugging both you and me.
Trust me, you're not alone. ;)

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xie-xie-xie.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 08:37 am (UTC)

Oh no! You have whooping cough too???

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aimee-br.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 08:45 am (UTC)

For close to three weeks now.
It keeps me up at night and makes people stare at me during the day.

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xie-xie-xie.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 08:51 am (UTC)

I'M SO SORRY! It's teh evil!

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aimee-br.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 08:52 am (UTC)

Yeah, it is, isn't it?
Let's hope it leaves us alone soon!

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critic75.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 08:40 am (UTC)

I have tried very hard to keep from asking this, but I just can't hold it in any longer.
Did your parents never get you DPT shots? The P standing for Pertussis. My children were not allowed to enter first grade without them.
I had Whooping Cough as a child and I would not recommend it for man nor beast. It really gives you an understanding of how precious air is to our bodies. You certainly have my sympathies experiencing this trauma as an adult.

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xie-xie-xie.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 08:50 am (UTC)

I wasn't vaccinated because I had whooping cough as a child, but since bordetella pertussis is a bacteria and not a virus, the immunity isn't permanent. It's why we can get strep throat (a bacteria) over and over, but only get measles (a virus) once.

Whether I'd been vaccinated as a child, or had the disease (which I did), either way, by now I was no longer immune.

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etharei.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 08:56 am (UTC)

That is actually kind of awesome, imo =D Is it bad that I find it sorta cuddly? OK, going away now...

Maybe you can perform voodoo on it and keel all the nashty little buggers.

I'm very sorry that it hasn't gotten better yet :-( How long did it last when you were young? Perhaps that will give some indication on how long it'll hang around this time.

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ex-reizaine184.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 08:58 am (UTC)

you know what, i have like ten of those stuffed bacteria things (; they're kinda cute in a rather... dorky way.

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justinlovesart.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 10:12 am (UTC)

Xie, e' un Pavesino. Un tipico biscotto italiano: l'hai mai mangiato?

I'm sorry to hear you're still unwell. I hope you're taking care of yourself.

*sends lots of hot tea*

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xie-xie-xie.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 06:03 pm (UTC)

Non credo che l'ho mai mangiato, and thank you for the tea.

What it yak shit tea, by the way? It smelled kind of funny. ;)

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youbetterwiseup.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 09:32 pm (UTC)

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youbetterwiseup.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 09:28 pm (UTC)

*crepa*

Clà, tu mi uccidi!

xD

E' proprio un Pavesino!

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silentinflames.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 11:24 am (UTC)

O_o

Those bacteria have eyes!? I mean, everyone knows that the hills have eyes, but bacteria? Looks kinda cute though.

Hope you'll be better very soon.

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lunachickk.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 12:51 pm (UTC)

OMG! I think I ♥ your friend. That sounds like something I'd do... but I would have included a box of pins for Voodoo. *eg*

How long does this plague of yours last? :(

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firehead30.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 01:10 pm (UTC)
TIME

.......................................................................................................................................................and you went to bed when? 11:19 pm???????????????

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brianslave68.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 01:21 pm (UTC)

A stuffed germ???

Maybe you could give it to the dogs to play with?

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kinwad.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 01:49 pm (UTC)

It's amazing that it takes so very long to cure! Are you feeling any better at all?

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rebeccama.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 04:18 pm (UTC)

Are you starting to feel better at all? Please assure me that you went to bed right after making this entry.

Take care of yourself. People want you to be healthy ~~and visit you and have nice conversations about teh_love~~

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herefordroad.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 04:36 pm (UTC)

after hearing that all i can say is please take care and get well soon!!!!

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orlith.livejournal.com on August 16th, 2007 05:03 pm (UTC)

Actually, I think it's kinda cute.

It also looks like it could double as something to throw at the television when a certain politician is on that pisses you off, so you don't have to spend all that money replacing said television when you accidentally throw a brick at it.

Travis

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