This is a true story about a woman who suffered from her illness pneumonia. It started with a simple cough and sore throat. She taught her cough will heal after a few days but it leads her to a chronic pulmonary disease. Because of her hectic schedule in her job, she ignored her cough. She bought some cough syrup over the counter but never visited a doctor. After a few weeks, the cough was getting worst. A dry cough, sore throat, and sleepless nights which made her so fatigue in her job. She was so stressed and finally visited her doctor to ask what's best to cure her. Her voice was changing already and she was too thin. Her immune system was getting weak. The doctor advised her that she must confine to a hospital immediately. She was then admitted to the hospital. They gave her some medicine to calm her cough but it still the same. She was discharged in the hospital but need to maintain her medicine. While staying at home makes her illness so hard, she needs oxygen cause she was catching her breath. She was admitted again to the hospital many times! But she doesn't have enough money and need to pay her bill in the hospital, she decided to stay home.
Her daughter took care of her since she started to get ill and quit her job. Their life is too hard, she didn't even get any salary for three months. Until one day, she loses hope and wanted to quit so that the daughter and some family will not suffer too. But the daughter knew that she wanted to live and enjoy life with her, but life is unpredictable. She left the world but she was happy. She knew her daughter can live alone in a better life. Her daughter was so sad, thinking what to do next in her life. Everybody was mourning in her death. But that's life. Then the daughter realized that ignoring a single cough, it can bring you to death. Taking care of ourselves is more important than our job.
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