In The Midst Of Life...
Each day how close are we unknowingly to our demise. Usually just a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time?
Today, that was not the reason but it was a little frightening.
I was doing a very small shop and called into a shop for some sweets(of all things)I was not eating anything but I suddenly had a coughing fit and no matter what I did I could not stop. Worst of all, I was unable in between coughing draw breath.
Tears were streaming down my face, I could not speak either. Shop assistants nearby just looked...One customer came to my aid and at least asked if I was ok...and stayed with me and I eventually managed to get some air into my lungs and it took some doing.
So unexpected and scary but at least I am ok again...what a relief. And it is not always the big disasters and accidents that take us out!
Today, that was not the reason but it was a little frightening.
I was doing a very small shop and called into a shop for some sweets(of all things)I was not eating anything but I suddenly had a coughing fit and no matter what I did I could not stop. Worst of all, I was unable in between coughing draw breath.
Tears were streaming down my face, I could not speak either. Shop assistants nearby just looked...One customer came to my aid and at least asked if I was ok...and stayed with me and I eventually managed to get some air into my lungs and it took some doing.
So unexpected and scary but at least I am ok again...what a relief. And it is not always the big disasters and accidents that take us out!
posted by The Great Gildersleeve | 11:45 pm
4 Comments:
That incident must have frightened you for a few minutes, Gildy. It's comforting that a customer came to your aid, if not the shop assistants. :(
I hope all is well in your home. :)
A lesson in that gildy...expect to have an audience if you croak in public!
"he didn't seem too bad"
"I thought he'd get over it"
"when it happened to me I coughed it up no trouble"
"when he went blue I tought he was cold"
etc...
So true Span :-) It really did take some work getting air and it sounded that way too. I wonder how long it really was and how near I was to collapsing?
I was not timing myself...was it a spasm? Who knows!
Just be careful...and no gobstoppers!
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