Doctor's Orders

The doctor said, "go home and rest for the next few days." Immediately my mind begins to calculate how much following that order will cost. I cringe knowing my pockets are paper thin and sick is a bad financial move. I think back on those times my parents pushed through feeling their worst. I wonder if back then they were doing the math on what sick meant to a family of five. At least they had each other, as a single mother I am who I lean on. Now I have to decide health over well being, when I need them both to keep going. As my daughter says, "the struggles real" so I can't afford to follow doctors orders. Sick's not in my budget.