Whooping Cough? Seriously?

So I was diagnosed with Whooping Cough yesterday.  What is up with that?  It does explain the extremely bad cough I have though. I got some good meds and it is a lot better.  But my ribs are nice and bruised from coughing so hard. I am just glad that the meds are actually working.  I have had a cough like this before and the meds I was given took a long time to get rid of the cough.  But then it was an asthma cough and you can't treat those with antibiotics. Sadly, I missed a soccer game tonight because of the cough.  I normally wouldn't skip a soccer game because I was sick but I decided that since I can barely breathe as it is I probably shouldn't push my luck. I don't even remember the last time I missed a game of soccer because I was sick. Oh well.  There is always next weeks game...