Allergies and JBA

I have spent the last 3-4 days seeking comfort from an all out assault on my sinuses. I am not a regular allergy sufferer although both my son and my husband are severe sufferers. I remember times in my life having a flare up and feeling really miserable for a day or so but nothing like this. I seriously feel as though my head weighs 50% more than usual, like someone has taken a match to the inside of my sinuses. At the same time I think my eyes are hooked up to a saline drip and my chest feels like there is an elephant sitting on it now. Each day since Thursday evening a new symptom has reared its ugly head. This morning it is what I suspect is the beginning of a cold sore on my nose which is par for the course after going through as many tissues as I have, even if they are the ones soaked in vick's lotion. Despite my great discomfort we managed to get Kelsey dropped off at JBA and she is having a great time. Her first class is this morning and I'm certain she was excited to start. Will had a great time with his Grandma Dotty who took him to a lego exhibit at Union Station where they built a robot...his idea of nirvana! Chris was awsome yesterday taking Will to the pool and to McDonalds and allowing me to shower, stick my head in the sink with a towel over it and the hot water flowing. I drank lots of hot tea...green and mint. I also made chicken noodle soup. I think it will take me a week to get the watkins menthol rub smell off my chest and neck and I slept with a Ricola wedged in my cheek like a squirrel so as not to be coughing constantly. Today I am feeling marginally better and will do my best to be less whiney...forgive me this narcissistic post-it can't get any worse, right?