Stars in my eyes and frogs in my throat

Two weeks. 14 days. 1/2 a month. This is how long I've been sick. The demon that is my viral infection has been quietly retreating for the past few days but yet it still holds my throat and nose hostage. By now they've developed Stockholm Syndrome and are beginning to sympathize with their captor. And to think this all began when the smoke monster got off the island. Speaking of monsters, here is the ashy beast that caused my vicious illness as well as a few that haunted my dreams as a child: