Oh, Kate, I am so sorry.
~ma for Matilda, please? She's been racked with harsh consumptive coughing fits for the last month -- not pneumonia, not bronchitis, not asthma, nothing infectious, just a cough that won't stop; she got an inhaler last Tuesday and was supposed to be slowly improving but really hasn't been, and has been hitting the inhaler every 1-2 hours for the last few days. And she's recently almost totally stopped eating, because her sides hurt and the coughing makes her feel vomity. The frequent inhaler use alarmed the advice nurse a *lot*, so now Hec is taking her to urgent care for a possible back-to-back 3 rounds of neb treatments and then observation and then who knows what. And I'm here at work. She's just been so sick and draggly and waking every couple of hours to hack and gasp, but other than a few flare-ups such a steady little trooper.
What are some good things to send in a care package to someone who is going through chemo and radiation?
Distraction like DVDs of old sitcoms.
{{Matilda and family}} Lots of calm the heck down already lungs ~ma.
((((Matilda))))) I hope she gets some relief soon, JZ.
Oh, poor Matilda. Those coughs are miserable. I hope something helps and soon!
I did leave my ridiculous bluetooth enabled water bottle at a restaurant yesterday, but it was still there today, so now i have it back, yay! Consequence of my absent-mindedness, hot dogs for dinner two nights running. Not the healthiest of options, but yum. And supporting a local business, so that's a kind of virtue.
Poor punkin. The back to back to back nebs will leave her heart racing, which is totally normal though very odd feeling. Hopefully once that calms down she can sleep and then will be her fantastic self.
For me, I end up in a loop between asthma and anxiety which just feed each other back and forth until I can break out of the cycle. If I can calm both down enough to get some good sleep, it really makes a difference.
My dad and his wife have officially donated the clutchless car to charity - dad just got home from signing off on the pink slip. They are taking this SO in stride while I'd be flipping out if that happened to my car.
Glad they are cool with it, Suzi.
Uber to get the DH back and forth to appts
That's brilliant. So much of treatment is short notice "Please be at this clinic on the other side of town in an hour and a half, the rest of your treatment depends on it. Oh, and it's hard to find parking over there, so give yourself some extra time."
Here's hoping they can give Matilda some relief.
...snapdragons are on the toxic list. Perhaps Matt's cats were simply made stronger by the snapdragon.
Well, they are former alley cats that used to eat garbage, so they have pretty strong stomachs. I can't recall more than a handful of times I've had to clean up cat vomit in over two years of having both of them. I do keep them away from onions and garlic though.
