Jordan, a Computer Science major, was minding his own business in his dorm room when the sudden urge to blow his nose overcame him. He initially believed that it meant his recent stint with the common cold was reaching its end, but he would soon prove to be mistaken. Every minute or so for the next 50 minutes he would have to blow his nose again, and after a while he began fearing that something was wrong. How could he possibly have that much mucus up his nose? His sinuses are only so big!
The oddities continued when Jordan began coughing, the poor guy certain that he was coughing up a lung every time he hacked. Even as this continued, his stuffy nose only got worse, and by the end of week two Jordan was certain that both his entire brain had been blown out of his nose and that he had no respiratory system left.
Jordan suspects, as do many of his associates and friends, that there’s a new strain of cold going around. Recommended advice for those with similar symptoms is to stock up on tissues and get used to going to classes with a cold.
