Coughs

Noah is sick. He has the worst cough I have ever had to listen to. It is six times louder than his body is big, and over the last five days he has lost his voice from coughing, which transforms his crying and his coughing into an indescribable grating noise that makes you want to find the largest, fluffiest pair of ear muffs, run across the yard, dive into a snowbank and stay there for the next two weeks. In fact, hearing these scraping cries makes you ponder running across the yard and diving into the snow bank in your bare feet. To be more candid, you might even consider diving into the snowbank in a bikini, even though you do not have a bikini figure (childbirth does take its toll). I keep consoling myself that I just have to hang in there a few more days. How much longer can a wracking cough last?