When we went out on Monday night to music night, we took the newly taxed Corsa and on putting the heating on were hit by this disgusting smell – like burning, rotten fur. On the way home we had both windows open, despite the cold, it was so bad. When we got home Tuesday evening, we decided to clear out whatever had died in there. Once we opened the bonnet, we could see where they had nested, a nice cavity near the air intake for the heater. Luckily the inhabitants (rats we think) had gone, but half a bucketful of leaves, old snail shells and faeces remained. After we had cleaned it, Geoff decided to wait with his dinner, he was feeling a bit queasy. I felt really off. I started to have trouble breathing while eating. Next thing, I really couldn’t breathe, my throat was constricting, my face and hands were tingling and losing sensation. A mild version of anaphylactic shock. It subsided after a while, but I had a terrible night. Chest pains and painful coughing fits followed.

So when I woke up this morning I decided to go to the doctor. He examined me and confirmed that all my airways had swollen and were producing protective mucus, so really like having a chest infection but without any of the cold symptoms. So I was a bit ill today. I spent a lot of time with my head under a towel over a steaming bowl of Olbas oil to try to ease my breathing and the pain while coughing. The rest of the time I managed to sit at the computer and do the LMSC newsletter and do a husky voiced recording of two podcasts with Dave Thomas. Just need some bad weather to get them edited and uploaded.

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