I did NOT...

I did NOT ask for Whooping Cough for Christmas.....Unfortunately, the doctor says I have it anyway. I am contagious for the next 48 hours (probably have been contagious for quite a while). So much for the Christmas eve plans. Sort of...

Robert and Carrie figure they've already been exposed so I am being bundled up and coddled at their house sometime this afternoon. Mom figures we might as well open presents tomorrow for the same reason. However, Robert and Carrie have cancelled the plans to go to his parent's house for Christmas eve to avoid exposing anyone else. I feel guilty but there isn't anything I could do about it. I thought it was my asthma being a pain in the..um....chest. So instead, we may cook a small turkey and have a small christmas dinner together tomorrow. Christmas day plans still stand as I should not be contagious by then. I am planning to wear masks tonight and tomorrow, regardless of people's diffidence. I'd rather no one else got sick because of me.