Sizzle.
Liberty still has a fever. She usually lingers quite a while, but she hasn’t had this kind of episode in over 2 years. There was a time when every little cold sent her into the hospital with bacterial pneumonia. Mucous settles in her lungs like carnies in a public park during state fair time. And even when the hospitalizations stopped, there was always, always the high, long fever and the nebulizer. And the cough. Holy shit, the cough. On a normal day, if Liberty so much as clears her throat in the grocery store, old women will come from far and wide to diagnose her with croup and shame me for bringing her out into daylight. Or at least give me a dirty look. But when she has a little mucous to contend with? She sounds like a werewolf choking on a femur. You know, kind of barky in a supernatural, murderous way.
Everybody else is all better and I was hoping Liberty would be better by today so we could go to the homeschool park day tomorrow, but it’s not looking good. If I accidentally stab myself in the eye with a citrus peeler, don’t be surprised.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
ROTFLMAO
Erm, I mean, hope she feels better soon.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Old ladies comment made me laugh and it also resurrected my guilt reflex…see…my daughter’s colds easily turn into bronchitis but it took me about 3 different episodes (including old ladies and my mother nagging me that “that cold is worse than you think” also accompanied by dirty looks ’cause apparently I must be a really sucky mom if I can’t tell a bronchitis cough from a regular cough) for me to figure it out. She too coughs up mucus like a Texas oil well…pretty disgusting and scary sounding. Ok..I totally hijacked this comment…’cuase is all about me don’t ya know!LOL
Hope she feels better soon!
Oh…and stay away from citrus peelers!
May 1st, 2008 at 11:28 am
I am sad that Lib isn’t better but I am laughing my ass off at your post! Being on House Arrest is obviously adding to your material. It really makes you funny.
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:53 am
we should take the kids to an old lady’s convention and let them go nuts. I think sometimes mine try to sound as chest-rattling as they can. LOL
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Back to peeling and cutting your own fruit huh? (the citrus peeler in the eye comment) Well, silly. You should have given up WHILE you were sick. Stop trying to prove how strong you are by getting well. There is nothing in proving how strong you are except more work. Lay down and moan with the rest of them. It’s the only way.