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Unsurprisingly, after two weeks of nonstop coughing day and night, I've pulled(?) something in my chest. (Unless I snapped a rib, which is possible to do from coughing, but I don't think I did.) This morning it only hurt when I coughed ("only", though I'm still coughing a lot). Tonight it's every time I inhale.

I sneezed three times this afternoon and thought I was going to die from the pain.

Even blowing my nose makes my chest hurt. I'm trying so hard not to cough, but the tickle builds and builds until I can't resist it anymore. Ow ow ow. I took my bottle of painkillers (over the counter stuff) to Alaska with me, and the bottle opened in my backpack so I had to throw it away, and I hadn't replaced it yet. Sure do wish I had saved some of the ones that were rolling around in the open, I'd happily take some now.

And in sick cat news: Ellie took her first dose of liquid medicine surprisingly well, though half of tonight's went on her cheek instead. Ugh. The blood tests for this cost about $150, so I don't want her to miss any doses and for us to have to go through this again...

Date: 2012-06-10 10:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thevressclan.livejournal.com
You might ask the vet if Ellie can get her meds in food. I had a small dog that absolutely would not take any meds, pill or liquid, so we had to crush them up and mix them with a small amount of his wet food. He would gobble that down without a second thought.

Date: 2012-06-11 12:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
Thanks for the idea! I was going to do that (without asking, cough), but she seems to be taking it okay as-is. Not happily and not willingly, but so far most if not all of it goes down her throat.

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