Last night, Jill looked like this. She looked good this morning too: happy, playful, bossy.
At Mass, her cough came back with a vengeance. Hacking, juicy coughs, gagging, and a little bit of vomiting in the back of Church. We left Mass under a dark cloud of mortification after infecting the pregnant lady and her toddler behind us.
As soon as we got home, she was her same old "Let It Go" singing self. She ate a big lunch, did a couple of puzzles, and I took a nap.
When I woke up, she was gagging and choking and coughing and running a fever.
Two Advil and an hour and a half later, she is still flushed and feverish. I ran to Target to get a humidifier because I know tonight is going to be a challenge, and I picked up this pink sippy cup too.
The bad news is the lid has already popped off two or three times, soaking her shirt with peppermint tea.
The good news is we have every My Little Pony related show in our Netflix queue for first-time-ever viewing.
Looks like we'll be going to the doctor's office tomorrow. I can't really complain, because we have been illness and injury free thus far this year. Nothing like a little pre-Lenten suffering to get us all warmed up.
Until then, hit me with your homemade croup/possibly pneumonia cures and please accept my apologies for the lamest blog post in the history of the written word.
So ends 7 Posts in 7 Days.
See you Wednesday for WWRW. I hope.
Boil apple cider vinegar with honey, ginger, chopped garlic, chopped onion and chopped horseradish. Boil a long, long time. Then strain, let cool and give her 1 tablespoon or so at a time.
ReplyDeletePoor baby, and mama! We like hot tea with honey and lemon (a hot toddy sans the alcohol) for coughs. If she'll eat it, hummus made with lots of fresh garlic too.
ReplyDeleteCoughing with gagging and vomiting--have her tested for pertussis at the doctor's tomorrow, even if she's vaccinated and even if she's not whooping. That's what Teddy was doing for weeks before he developed the whoop, and my doctor said there was no way it was pertussis. Well, it was, and we'd likely been infecting others for weeks because we didn't know what it was. :( We just finished with it, and here's my post of home remedies: http://catholicmomapologia.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/moms-tips-for-pertussis/
No remedies from me, but your sick kid post was way better than mine!
ReplyDeleteThis is good for a cough. Boil 4 large cloves of garlic in 4-5 cups of water 2-3 minutes. Turn off the heat and add 1/2 cup lemon juice and 1/2 cup honey. Cover and let stand 20 mins. Sip away!
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