Ode to oxymetazoline

I am suffering. From what my doctor calls pregnancy rhinitis. It's a fancy way to say I'm congested because of all the extra blood flow in my sinuses. My doctor's drug of choice is Claritin D. However, I can't take that just before bed time, when the rhinitis really gets raucous, because it keeps me awake. As if I don't have enough trouble sleeping these days.

My drug of choice is oxymetazoline and not just because of the way it rolls off the tongue. That stuff works. Unfortunately, my OTC nasal spray of choice not been studied thoroughly in pregnant women, so I made the informed decision to use it sparingly. Don't judge. The nights that I do use it result in blissful, breathable sleep. I love it so much that I wrote a poem about it two nights ago whilst drifting off. You're shocked, I know.

Oxymetazoline

You understand my plight

Oxymetazoline

Assuage me through the night

Fearless you go like a mighty spelunker

Plowing your way through my sinus bunker

Through thick and thin you infiltrate

Congestion you eviscerate 

Oxymetazoline

When can I see you again

Oxymetazoline

Rhinitis best friend