Struggle

So far this week has been a struggle.  Since Tuesday at one in the morning I heard my dog make this sound as if he has the terrible coughing when people have a strep throat.  It was a sound that can be heard from the other side of the house for it is only a one story place when I thought it was a dream for I was barely awake at that time.  It did not get serious until I got off work at ten that Tuesday when I went into work at six in the morning, arrived in the house to hear him coughing loud while my mom was weary.  She told me I was to deal with him that night for she had been up since one o' clock, maybe even more becasue of the two back surgeries she's had in less than a year that are still keeping her uncomfortable and awake during nights. 
After arriving home from school I took him in so my mom could get sleep for she was really, and I mean really exhausted becasue she told me she was so tired she could not even think straight.  His, I do not know if I should say couphings for they sounded as if something was stuck in his throat and can't for the life of him get it out was almost constant unless he lays down and not walking around a whole lot.  I did not know what to do other than keeping an eye on him and let him outside.  I did that before bed.  He would sleep in my room for the night and decided to sleep on the floor next to his little bed so I can stay alert.  But as I layed my blankets on the floor and about to grab my pillows, I see he wanted to sleep on my blankets instead.  After laying down my pillows he decided to take my spot where I am to sleep by laying on my pillows when I was telling him, "Oh no, your bed is over there."  He did lay in his bed but as I got comfortable under my blankets he got out of his bed and walked right up to me where his shoulder full of fur was in my face.  But his coupghings were getting pretty bad to where he was not comfortable where he layed.  He crawled back in his bed and slept though there was still coupghings in the middle of the night.
I let him out at six in the morning yesterday but I had to admit he was not doing so much coughing as he did the day before.  My mom and I thought he was getting better when there was no chance yesterday of taking him to the vet for there was employee training for them.  But I swear just hearing them make those coughs made my throat want to hurt, especially if it's constant.  The coughings remained and I tried to do what I did the day before by keeping an eye on him, but this time I had to be up by four this morning.  With schoolwork and him, I did not go to bed until eleven last night and when I did my alarm went off at four, but after hitting the snooze he awakens and did not stop coupghing.  I let him outside after I could not handle the couphing anymore and when I wanted to lay back down, he refused and so I was up from then on to be ready for work.  Once I cam home nothing had changed, luckily there is an appointment scheduled to see a vet tonight and I am really hoping it is not nothing serious.  I have my fingers crossed becasue these past two days have been really stressful all three of us.