Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-28428152-20181104231513/@comment-36393004-20181107173900

Very good story, I enjoyed it a lot. I found one section you might want to reword though. It just sounds awkward.

"Around two in the morning my lungs decided to arouse me by hacking violently. I tried to stop it, but I couldn’t end the coughing fit. It felt as though my throat were being shredded to ribbons."

1. I think you should use "rouse" instead of "arouse"...unless being woken up abruptly brings you excitement....

2. I think it should "throat was being shredded" instead of "were".