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I don't think her ear has settled, she's still shaking her head.
Other than ridiculous sneezing fits and some residual coughing I seem to be doing better. However, hubs said he is dying. I don't think he is getting much better. It isn't looking good for the 1940's todo. Molly scheming?! hmm, maybe if she got wind of it :)
Oh my goodness Sharlene...we have the same thing going on here! Trixie's been head shaking and scratching her left ear. Yesterday it was much worse than today. I was afraid she was going to scramble her brains with all the head shaking that was going on. She was groomed a week and a half ago and she always comes home with her ears bothering her after that. I think when they pluck that fur out of there they irritate her skin. I have to talk to them about that next time.
I was able to get a good look with a flashlight and my magnifiers last night...there was scab there that she must have scratched open, but nothing else noticeable. I'm hoping that's what was causing the itchiness. I put a dab of polysporin on it and so far today I'm not seeing all the head shaking and scratching. Hope we're over whatever it was.
She's bored though and definitely has cabin fever.
She seems undeterred by the extreme cold. The outerwear continues to be a problem as she will not put nose to the ground while wearing the coat/sweater. So we go out with it on, and then I take it off. At least when I'm holding it people don't think I'm totally insane for having a naked dog out in below zero weather!
Trixie tried to pull me toward the park and needless to say, that wasn't happening today. She doesn't even shiver outside...maybe she's got some Husky in her bloodlines!! :D
Now I have a sore throat...caught from my husband who does not know how to manage a cold when he gets one. I see the cough drops I got him right here in the living room, which means he didn't bring them to work! What good are they if you don't use them???
I hope Molly's ear settles down....it's always something isn't it??
Feel better and stay warm! I'm not looking forward to our next walk though today the wind has subsided, thank goodness!!
Barbara
I'm glad to hear that you're starting to feel better. :) Your husband has that guy disease. It is well documented. Many men actually believe they are dying when they catch a cold.:rolleyes: If they had to have babies, there would only be one of them, because they would be dead after the first one.:D LOL Now, I am in trouble again!!!!
Poor Molly. Ears are such pains in the butt. :o I have been using an ear wash that Glynda suggested for Rosie, to keep her ears clear. She had mucked up ears after mites and infection, tied up with allergies when she arrived. They had to put her under to clean them out properly. Her ears have been clear since I started using the wash. Rosie fights the minute she see the bottle, so I have to saturate a cotton ball just to get a few drops into her ears. I use it once a week.So far so good. If you want the name of the wash, let me know. I am at work, so I don't have it right now, but can get it for you. xxxxx
Did I say that I thought Trixie's ear was better...well I was wrong. Head shaking again. Clearly something bothering her. Guess we're off to the vet tomorrow. :(
Barbara
Oh no, poor Trixie. I'm currently on a clean it and medicate it so hoping it will be better soon.
It's not looking good at all for this weekend. Hubs hasn't left the house since Tuesday and is coughing something awful. I think today might be his worse day yet. He cancelled his out of town meetings tomorrow.
I've talked him into see how we feel on Friday and I've contacted the costume shop, but honestly, it doesn't look good.
On a bright note we are suppose to be above freezing by Friday and at 8C on Sat, so that is good at least.
Ahem.... Also known as Man Flu :D;)
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Many men actually believe they are dying when they catch a cold.
Poor hubby. It sounds like he's really sick. :o Molly will be heartbroken if you don't go to the party. :D Ha! She'll be doing the happy dance! It did not break Rosie's heart when I couldn't go off and do all the Christmas festivities. She thought she hit the jackpot because she had me all to herself. She didn't care how sick I was because I was home with her 24/7. I hope you both are better soon. Xxxxx
good to hear that "spring" is coming to your surroundings!
and molly; lazy days are over; you need to walk again.
ROFL! It's a mysterious and deadly illness I'm sure. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Roxee's Dad
Yes he is pretty sick. I don't think he's sneezed once, just coughing and moaning (muscles hurt). Me, I'm sneezing my fool head off, gads!
When he gets a fever, he feels it in his joints. Too much damage over the years :( So, I'm just doing what I can for him.
I'm bringing out the big guns. Buckley's cough medicine. Kill or cure. The commercial says it all "taste awful but it works" :D:D
Hey, Sharlene, I come from a long line of Okies who breaks out the Vicks Vapo Rub when we have a cold with hacking coughs. When I was little my grandmother would slather it on the bottoms of my feet, put socks on me and tuck me in. She would smear it on my chest and throat too. It worked quite well. I still do it when I get sick.
If you have some in the house, give it a try on hubby when he goes to bed.
I got some! Will slather him in it.
Oh I did try putting it on the bottom of his feet last time he was sick. I don't remember if I didn't put socks on him, or if I did give him socks and then he took them off to take a shower, but he hit the tile floor in the bathroom and about busted his *&^%%. Needless to say that he won't let me do that again!
Thanks for reminding me of the vicks!!
Sharlene:
I love Vicks it is my go to product. I use it on my head for migraine headaches. You just have to remember to clean it all off before going out in the cold as it will draw the cold to the spot it is on and make you really sick. Hope you are all doing better, hope Molly got rid if the earache. Blessings
Patti
Hi Sharlene... sure hope both you and hubby are much better today.
Hope you are both feeling better today! Will be sad to not get back to the 1940s, but if husband is not feeling well I guess you'll have to stay in the 21st Century this weekend.
How's Molly's ear doing? We are back from the vet with ear wash and drops for an ear infection..glad I took her. :rolleyes:
Barbara
Sharlene,
absolutely use socks when using Vicks on hubby's feet.
Sorry that you're missing the party. I was looking forward to those pictures.
Popping in to see how the sick household is doing tonight, I hope it finds you all a little better :)
After spending the morning being evaluated at the urgent care center, we will definitely have to miss the party. On well, maybe next year :) Both of us are still running fevers off an on. Hubs hasn't had a good nights sleep since I guess last Sunday, he's not in good shape. We were both given bronchial inhalers as this virus acts like an asthmatic attack, constricting airways. You can get air in, but not out.
I haven't had that problem so much so I'm not sure I'll use it if I don't have to.
I'm not getting great sleep because he keeps me awake a lot. Like last night, the vicks didn't help him much as he was taking a hot shower at 3am. I had it on me though and I could feel it sinking into my skin during the night, felt pretty good too. :)
Molly I am sure thought we were not nice smelling at all. She'd groan and mumble over on her bed. (she also doesn't appreciate if the tv is on or too loud when she is trying to sleep and will also let you know)
I have been dosing on the couch, but hubs isn't able to fall asleep, every time he starts to he starts coughing. :( I feel rather bad for him at this point.
Aww bogger Sharlene, sounds like your Hubby has it bad, I hope you both get better soon. Shame about the party but health comes first :)
I love the way Molly lets you know that she needs quiet when she is trying to sleep, how dare you both be sick while she,s trying to sleep :D
Oh no Sharlene,
that's terrible!
Hope all 3 of you feel better soon!
Yep, there will always be another winter party next year. We'll see if we are able to go to the other one next weekend or not.
Then there are the summer parties that I usually don't go to, but who knows might have to do it this year to make up for this one! ;)
Oh yes, molly has no problem letting you know what she thinks of anything! LOL
So sorry you are both still ill, but glad you finally went to the doctor. I hope you both are feeling much better soon.
Isn't it funny how our little critters let us know when they aren't happy with something or are being disturbed. Rosie will stand and stare at me until I turn off the big light in the bedroom, then go get in her bed. When I start coughing crazily in the night, due to Whooping cough, she will cry and moan as if to say, enough already! A girl needs her beauty sleep. LOL
I don't think you're missing out on much missing this party. I get the impression that you bring a party wherever you are. ;) xxxxx
Sharlene:
That is too much about the Vicks on hubby's feet. I have never used it that way. I hope you are all well soon, I know when I went to the grocery there were people coughing and hacking everywhere and I was worried I would get something as my immune system is depressed. We woke up to more snow this morning and it is not as cold out, feels like the Bahamas compared to the Artic Vortex. Blessings
Patti
Morning Sharlene, how are you all doing? Hubby sounds the worst the poor man. Is Molly coming right, bet she is getting lots of snuggle time with you all home. So bummed about the party, but you would not have much fun feeling yuck and it sounds like you have plenty more to look forward to and hopefully a wee trip to warmer weather!
My sister is 60 this year and my Mum 80 in December. Mum has always wanted to go on a cruise around NZ then across to Australia I am looking at taking her with my sister probably in the Spring to celebrate their big birthdays! I wish dogs could go too :)
Hey Trish! Oh wouldn't that be fun, a cruise for the girls! :) I'd totally be into doing that. Our family has talked about it a couple times, my sister, my niece, and my nephews and their families. We just don't seem to be very organized. Well, the ones that would need to do the organization are the ones with the most arrangements to make. I figure that's not us. We're like, tell us when and where to be and we'll be there. LOL
Hubs is a very sick guy, and he feels so bad about the party. There is some behind the story stuff, of a conversation 2 years ago with the organizer of doing something from 40's etc, and then tada this is the year they are doing, and I had a message from the organizer whom I had the conversation with, saying, we're doing it!! 1940's! and now I can't go, and he feels Awful, so he said, why don't you go ahead and go, I'm like, yea, I don't think so and he said yes, go, I'll fly you up first class even and you can be this other guys date, the CEO because his wife seldom shows up for these shindigs. (this is a common joke, that I'm both of their dates when she doesn't show, he's a good friend)
That was Very sweet of him, considering how horribly sick he is and I just said, no, most of the fun in going is going with you, so I'll stay home and we'll see how next weekend looks and if you feel good, then we'll go "glamour" montreal. :) I emailed the costume shop and said, you know I really appreciated all she did and would totally use her for another event and then got hold of this years organizer and cancelled, because they need to cancel our suite and stuff too right. Not fair, and I wouldn't want the company to get stuck with the expense. (not that I'm sure someone wouldn't use it!) :)
Hubs is more important to me than a party and his temperature is stuff mostly one, sometimes it goes down, then it goes back up. I tried to make him eat fresh cut pineapple for it's natural inflammatory benefits. He did Not go for that, said it was sour. Think his taste buds are off, because it was fine to me.
Ibprophen hasn't worked, so spoke with pharmacy and going to try to rotate between acetaminophen and ibprophen and if it goes up any more, I'll take him to emergency.
Molly, can't decide if she is in heaven or if we are annoying to her. She seems to like us being around but can only take so much of the attention, then she's like, people people, get a grip already. I'm not sick, you are! LOL She kills me. Think her ears might be better. They never did turn red, so caught it early.
oh wow, wrote a book. Again! LOL
Is he still on the ABs? wonder if he needs something else. Aww so sweet of him to tell you to go... AND so sweet of you to say No, darling would not be the same without you awwwwwww you guys are too cute... in sickness and in health!!
For the last couple of hours been researching this cruise idea, I have never done one before so it is exciting. Dad does not want to go, but we are going to make him :eek::D:eek::D and my brother is interested too and it is his 50th next January so that will cover all the big birthdays my family has this year!
Oh..wow you're husband sounds like he has the flu. I just read that having chicken soup--or any hot salty broth is really helpful. Not an old wives tale. If he likes it and has an appetite maybe it would help him feel better. I've never tried it but some say Thera-Flu is good.
Glad Molly's ears are settling down!! Hope you both feel better soon-especially your hubs!!
Barbara
They didn't give him any antibiotics, just the bronchial thing that he can do every 4 hours as needed and another bronchial that is twice a day. Both are for more ease of breathing. They said the chest xrays showed clear. I think he might need some, so we'll see if this fever doesn't break tomorrow. I mean that would be 4 full days of running a fever off and on. I can usually get it down for about 4 hours, then it pops up again, which is what urgent care said it would do for about 4 days, up and down. arggghhh I just worry though as I don't want an infection showing up anywhere and I already know one person with a lung infection from this thing.
I am trying different combinations, writing what I give him at what time, for what reason and reaction. To see if I can hit on the right thing.
I might have it, we'll see what the next temp reading is, but he might be napping now, which would be very good for him, he hasn't slept in ages.
Good idea, leave him asleep the poor man. It does sound nasty to be feverish for that long though. Even if it is a virus a secondary infection would not help at all. Is he coughing anything up that could be cultured?
Dry cough, both of us. The bronchial inhaler they gave us seems to work to clear the air passages.
I just checked temp 30 min ago, it's lower than it was earlier. He is currently snoring, something I haven't heard him do in days, so that is good. I agree, that was the reason we went to urgent care, which is like an emergency room, but not in the hospital, they do day surgeries, etc there and have everything needed for diagnostics, and they said nothing in chest. Didn't take any samples for culturing. This is the urgent care associated with local hospital.
I'm hoping that sleep will help him more than anything and I'll stay with him to make sure he gets it.
Thanks gang
Have you tried a vaporizer or humidifier in the room? It helps lubricate dry coughs. I am still using one at night. xxxx
Now see there??!! I said this cold/warm/bitter cold was going to make everyone sick. I'm sorry the party is off for you. I wanted to see the picts too....but it's best you not share your germs with anyone else.....nor pick up any new ones. Sounds like hubby's fever may have broken. That would be good. I had the flu one year and had 103-104 for 4 days running. I was miserable. They wouldn't let me even take a shower until the fever broke. YUK!!
What did you do for NY eve? Anything special? Hope you're both feeling much better on Saturday.
Hugs,
Susan
Sharlene:
Please take care as I saw on the news this morning that the swine flu is out and killing a lot of people. When I went to the grocery there was a lot of people hacking and sneezing I was scared to death I would get something. Hope Molly is better with that ear stuff. That has to be miserable for a dog. Blessings
patti
Oh no - just been reading that you're all poorly so hoping the nasty stuff has almost run it's course and you're feeling better very soon.
Hi Sharlene
Hope hubs is on the improve today and his fever has broken. He must just feel yuck, is he keeping the drinking up? Have to go out soon but will check in later for an update that is hopefully positive today. Gotta have him right for the glamour ball!! Kisses for Molly, hugs for you and a wave from the doorway to hubby :D:D:D xxx
Hi Sharlene, I hope your husband get better quickly! I hope you and Molly are doing well.
Fever did not break, hubs was not doing well, wife was pulling out hair, dog was grumbling at everything.
We went to the ER, another chest xray, verdict - pneumonia. Eye infection too, no idea where that came from as he hasn't left the house since Tuesday and I don't have any eye problems, but there you have it, it came literally out of no where. Now on antibiotics. Oh and the chest xray on Thursday, not clear, borderline. If they'd started antibiotics then, we would have been on the mend by this time, as it is, it will be awhile before he is back to where he should be.
Oh Susan, New Years Eve was just spent with good friends, an Italian restaurant, and then some trivia around the dining table, laughing and having fun. :) It works for us, every year. :) We can be low key! :)
Drat, even hubs was ticked he missed getting to see the CEO in his dads WWII uniform for the 1940s party, so hope someone took pics!
Just want to thank you all as I was literally at my wits end with this thing with the hubs. You all helped a great deal, just like you do every time something comes up with molly.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
Oh booger that's good that he,s now on meds stupid docs he could've been on the road to recovery if the had given him the Abs at the first x ray. Onwards and upwards for him and you. I loved your opening sentences dog grumbling lol
So sorry to hear that you're all under the weather, and that they delayed giving your hubby the meds earlier - hope you'll all be feeling much better soon.
Those docs are so worried about giving antibiotics for viruses, that they hold off too long, causing bigger problems. I did not go to my doctor when I was so ill, because he's one of those that holds off on antibiotics. I went to urgent care instead and that is where they discovered that I had whooping cough and antibiotics were started right away. I was told that if I had waited another two or three days before starting antibiotics, I would've had pneumonia also.
I am glad that your hubby finally got the meds he needs, but he should've got them last Thursday when he went the first time. Hid pneumonia could and should have been avoided, poor guy. Now it's going to take it much longer to recover. That sucks! I am so sorry Sharlene.:(
I do hope you are feeling better and don't need antibiotics too. What a shame. Xxxxxx
I'm okay, still coughing and congested in my chest, but no fever.
Yea, it was urgent care that didn't give him the meds, and emergency at the hospital who did today.
I called it cookie cutter diagnostics, because there were Loads of people in both places with the same sort of symptoms, but not exact ya know. I think they just didn't pay attention to the xray enough, the doctor today took one look and said, Thursdays wasn't clear, it was borderline and to go do another then he'd talk to us. That was when we came back and he said definitely pneumonia and start the antibiotics.
Family seems to be freaking out now. I tend not to be overly dramatic and alarmist, but I might be the minority around here.
hugs
Sharlene and Molly Muffin