If you can breathe without pain right now, be happy

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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...

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Oddly, I think Ellie is happier now that the teeth are out. (Or maybe not so oddly, since they likely hurt!) She's much more settled down and loving now than before. (But she was also at the vet's for 10 days, so I'm not sure which is the cause.)

My cough is a lot better today! Not 100%, but at least 50%. (I didn't wake up even once to cough my head off, woot.) I'm going to give it another day or two, and then if it doesn't clear up, I'll go. <3