hacking my lungs up.

for four nights now,  i have been hacking up my lungs with an obnoxious cough that rattles from the inner depths of my soul.  i have been attributing this to allergies and even took benadryl for the first time in my entire life.  but at some point between last night and this morning, it's changed for the worse.  now i feel sick in my chest and throat.  i feel achey in my body.  i go from hot to cold and back quicker than a porsche can get to 60.  i think i am sick.  i hate being sick.  i hate being sick when i have a three-year-old who needs 110% constant attention and a just-about-nine-month-old who has no concept that she cannot wrap cords around her neck or eat the dog's tail.  and now that she's mobile, i need to be alert 120% of the time!
i need to go to bed.  i need to fight this with the little remaining strength i have left.  i need more medicine.  blah.