I've been sick since last week, I have been trying to keep working and just hoping it'll go away quickly. I'm mostly good except for a dry cough that started on Monday and just won't go away. It has gotten worse and it doesn't let me sleep. Covid came back negative, I didn't got tested for the flu. The doctor send me some pills and nasal sprays and they help but are not a complete cure. I work two jobs, one of then involves little kids. Yesterday I had to call in sick for my job with the kids because even tho the night had not been as hard as the others, I was afraid I would infect them with whatever I have. Now today in my other job I was planning on going because I didn't feel too bad, but my parents insisted that I shouldn't go sick to work. 

  Now I called in sick and I feel so guilty about it. It is a retail job so it is not like a career job but still. I can't stand the thought of letting people down. I feel like I failed. I know it sounds dramatic but it feels like I'm not taking effort. I can't stop worrying and thinking that I should've just pushed through and it is just a cough. It only gets nasty as night when I'm trying to sleep and it won't let me breath but during the day it is manageable. There have been other times when I went in to work feeling much worse than I feel right now. I like to take pride in being someone that people can rely on, that will make it happen no matter what, and I feel like I'm not pushing myself enough.