Chapter N+1, in which I complain about still being ill
Thought I was doing better yesterday; am doing much worse
today. Didn't see downturn coming, and bought too little
cough syrup.
Cough is somewhat 'productive' but feels
like course-sandpaper-coated-with-Tabasco dry cough. Whisky
somewhat effective as throat-anaesthetic, a little less effective
as cough-suppressant; drunk-dizzy every bit as uncomfortable and
unwelcome as flu-dizzy. %bleah% *pout* [Typing sucks;
backspacing a whole lot; wonder how many typos will slip past
anyhow. YUCK. Don't like feeling like this.] Worried
about Perrine: multiple sneezing fits between 15:00 and 19:00;
know H1N1 is transmissible to cats ... not convinced that's what
I have (timetable matches but a bunch of symptoms missing), but
worried I may have given her whatever I do have. Hoping very
hard that that's not the case -- no clue what to do
about it if so, short of asking someone to driver to the vet
and begging for donations to cover the bill; really really
want this to just be winter-dryness related random sneeziness
and not a serious kitty infection. No sneezing since 19:00,
therefore hopefull.
Frustrated as all hell. Got stuff I want to do and other
stuff I need to have done. Between sick-dizzy and whisky-dizzy,
most ain't happening. And since drunk-dizzy feels just like
fever-dizzy to me, this is a seriously unfun sensation.
(No fever apparent on very-well-washed darkroom thermometer,
but dizinness appeared well before application of spirits and
temperature sensation has been intermittently wonky.) And
can't just retreat into sleep, as coughing keeps waking me.
Not expecting solutions, nor a big pity-party, but did feel
a need wto whine to an audience with a larger English
vocabulary and understadingof Grammar than my darling kitty
Perriner can muster.
Anybody nearby feel like dropping off a care package?
Priorities are cough syrup (with dextromethorphan,
without pseudoephederine, don't care one way
or the other about guifenesin), cat food (Nutro indoor
preferred), Chloraseptic (or store-brand equiv.) throat
spray, lemon juice, whisky (medicinal use, so this is
not the time for wish-I-could-afford-it
stuff like Balvenie or Oban; go for Canadian Mist),
vegetable bouillon (is there any other brand than Knorr
locally?), Tic-Tacs (wintergreen best original-flavour
okay; they seem to help open my windpipe a little and my
sinuses a little more), and Zone bars, from most to least
urgent. If so, I've got about $40 in my checking account
to repay you with. (I'm okay for tonight; tomorrow night
is when things start looking a little iffy. Though the
cough syrup would come in handy whenever.)
Perrine is currently stretched out on my waist, left
hip, and left thigh, not sneezing. This is a good thing.
Except that I need to get up soon to pee.
And then, to make another cup of cofee, tea, or broth
(ain't decided which yet). And see whether that calms
the soreness in my throat enough to let me fall asleep
instead of feeling like I'm choking.
