The cough of 1812

It's 12:30 and I should be in bed fast asleep but im not because im jacked up on sudafed, claratin and some strange cough suppressant in a futile attempt to rid myself of a henus cough I've had for about 2 weeks now. I never get sick, but when I do, I make up for lost time. This just sucks.

I read in my local hometown newspaper that theres been an outbreak of Whooping Cough there recently. Who gets whooping cough anymore? Maybe I could go for a last-century trifecta and add Typhoid fever and a touch of Cholera to my ailment list. Clearly I need some mustard plaster.