For most of the day today, breathing has felt like being at an indoor pool where evaporated chlorine gets inhaled. Or it feels like breathing menthol, or the mint from a strong mint candy.
Nearly two hours into the 4th day, I'm still tired, but not fatigued. Napping is a nice idea, but not necessary.
If red blood cells take 4 days to form, and if in fact my red blood cell count was really low (I don't know for a fact since I haven't taken any tests), then now the count is increasing.
Improvement is slow, but certain. It's like watching seeds sprout. After a few days in a damp sprouting jar, little plants begin to shed their seed hulls to become sprouts. They don't shed their hulls at once. Some are quick and some don't lose their hulls until another day later.
The slowness could just be that my bone marrow can only make so many cells at a time. At any rate, the lightheadedness is gone and my breathing is more or less normal. My lungs still feel like they've just breathed chlorine-filled air. Maybe it's all the CO2 transferring out that was previously stuck without a carrier. Hmm, maybe I should go breathe next to the tree in my living room.
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