Sabbatical retrospective part 2: Illness, staying afloat, and learnings

This post is part 2 of 3. Part 1 is here , and part 3 is coming later. Pneumonia Upon our return from Tokyo the first week of May, I started to resume daily errands and chores, expecting that my lingering cough would go away by itself. However, about one week after our return, my cough got suddenly worse, and then that night I started coughing up small amounts of blood. I couldn't sleep for more…