Alright, perhaps I'm being insensitive. I've never personally had bronchitis, but my mother does right now. It causes her such severe pain (I don't know where from) that she makes this high-pitched whining noise that just cuts through me like nails on a chalkboard. It's inhuman, like an animal or a baby in pain.

My issue is that I don't know if it's really that bad, or if she's being a wuss about it... has anyone else had acute bronchitis and can say firsthand how painful it is? Because you'd have to be drilling holes into my chest and skull to make me sound like that. I don't even make noises like that when I have migraines so bad I vomit, or have menstrual cramps so bad I vomit.

Secondly, she waited three freaking days before going to a doctor. If it had been me or my brother, we'd have been dragged there on day 2. I just don't understand why people let themselves get this bad. She probably wouldn't be in this much discomfort if she'd gotten it taken care of sooner.