In February 2019, I came down with just about the worst cold in the world — sniffling, sneezing, coughing, the whole shebang. For two whole weeks, I broke our budget on tissues and Vicks VapoRub until my nose, and my wallet, finally dried up.

Of course, I was elated to wake up one morning with nothing but a lingering cough, ready to take on the world once more. But, what I didn’t know was that this was only the beginning…