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God Works in Mysterious Ways

Last summer, I had a TERRIBLE, painful,  awful  cough that just wouldn't go away. At first my pulmonologists  guessed it was my windpipes collapsing, or possibly incredibly bad asthma. But through scans and testing, and treatments none  of the diagnosis's seemed to be right, and the cough just wouldn't go away. I ended up having to get a bronchoscope.   Which is a procedure where they shove this giant tube with a little camera on it. either down your nose, or throat, and feed it into your lungs. And do an array of test that involve, watter, coughing, and a bunch of other unpleasant things. This procedure is typically done under "twilight sedation".  Which means you are "awake" during the procedure. But so drugged and out of it you aren't really aware, don't feel pain or discomfort, and don't remember an ounce of the procedure when you "wake up".   But since my life apparently runs by "Murphy's law. " My par