Our fridge has broken! I noticed my milk in my cereal wasn't very cold, so investigated and it turns out the fridge is about 18 degrees, so warmer than the house I think! Luckily I have my IV fridge to use (having CF can have benefits) and all the food seemed OK. So we are finally getting someone to fix it on Friday (its been broken for about a week now), at least having to walk into the spare room to get items out of the other fridge is giving us some exercise...!
My knitting is going well, I can now knit, pearl and do ribbing. I am starting my first proper item soon but I can't say what is is as it's a surprise for someone and they might read this blog!
Poor Alfie has had a bit of a rough week, I took him to the vets on Monday as he keeps getting tummy problems, its gargles so loud and he won't eat and is sick. The vet has suggested a bland diet and given us some medicine to give him when his belly starts to gurgle to help it settle. I was asked if I knew how to use a syringe to give the medicine which made me smile... Anyway he can now only have fish, chicken, turkey, rice, pasta and mash potato. No more pork chops and sausages!! (supplied by my dad for free from his work). He is also on a special dog food for his breakfast that is for dogs with sensitive tummy's and has probiotics in it. Who knew dogs dietary requirements were so complex?! On top of this he has conjunctivitis, very common in chihuahuas as they have massive eyes that stick out and are so close to the ground so get all the dust in them, so he has to have eye drops which seem to have given him the runs! I was welcomed yesterday morning by a kitchen full of his dinner all thrown back up and poo everywhere. Anyway it seems to have settled now and he is back to his cheeky self, fingers crossed!
I haven't had a great few days myself to be honest, I felt fine last week and went to Stockport on Friday to meet a friend and then out for a meal in the evening for my brothers birthday.
Then on Saturday morning I woke with a sore throat so gargled TCP and did vicks first defence all day. By Sunday I had throbbing sinuses, I swear I thought if I looked in a mirror the whole area around my eyes and top of my nose would be visibly throbbing! I continued with the TCP and vicks first defence as well as taking sudafed and plenty of pain killers and went down to Derby to catch up with my friends from university, probably not the best idea but it's been planned for months and I wasn't going to cancel because of a stupid cold.
Sunday night I dreamt I had the worst ear ache ever and then promptly woke up and realised it was true, I was so scared something had crawled in my ear it hurt so much! Pain killers took the pain away thankfully and I managed to fall back asleep easily. On Monday the sinus pain seemed to have settled, I had/have increased my sinus nasal wash to twice a day so perhaps that has helped, i've given up with the vicks first defence. However I now seem to have developed a raspy cough which makes my throat and top of my chest feel red raw, every time I cough I think I might cough up a tonsil or something but so far it's just sputum thankfully!
So my plan of action is as follows: have sputum pot available for me to cough into as otherwise i'll have toilet problems next and be feeling sick as sputum is difficult to digest if you swallow it! Continue to gargle TCP twice a day, continue to do sinus nasal rinse twice a day and do hypertonic saline nebuliser 4 times a day (usually done twice a day) to keep chest clear and stop mother f*cking cold reaching my lungs. I've just had IV's, my body is strong. My body is a temple. I WILL fight this...!
My knitting is going well, I can now knit, pearl and do ribbing. I am starting my first proper item soon but I can't say what is is as it's a surprise for someone and they might read this blog!
Poor Alfie has had a bit of a rough week, I took him to the vets on Monday as he keeps getting tummy problems, its gargles so loud and he won't eat and is sick. The vet has suggested a bland diet and given us some medicine to give him when his belly starts to gurgle to help it settle. I was asked if I knew how to use a syringe to give the medicine which made me smile... Anyway he can now only have fish, chicken, turkey, rice, pasta and mash potato. No more pork chops and sausages!! (supplied by my dad for free from his work). He is also on a special dog food for his breakfast that is for dogs with sensitive tummy's and has probiotics in it. Who knew dogs dietary requirements were so complex?! On top of this he has conjunctivitis, very common in chihuahuas as they have massive eyes that stick out and are so close to the ground so get all the dust in them, so he has to have eye drops which seem to have given him the runs! I was welcomed yesterday morning by a kitchen full of his dinner all thrown back up and poo everywhere. Anyway it seems to have settled now and he is back to his cheeky self, fingers crossed!
I haven't had a great few days myself to be honest, I felt fine last week and went to Stockport on Friday to meet a friend and then out for a meal in the evening for my brothers birthday.
Then on Saturday morning I woke with a sore throat so gargled TCP and did vicks first defence all day. By Sunday I had throbbing sinuses, I swear I thought if I looked in a mirror the whole area around my eyes and top of my nose would be visibly throbbing! I continued with the TCP and vicks first defence as well as taking sudafed and plenty of pain killers and went down to Derby to catch up with my friends from university, probably not the best idea but it's been planned for months and I wasn't going to cancel because of a stupid cold.
Sunday night I dreamt I had the worst ear ache ever and then promptly woke up and realised it was true, I was so scared something had crawled in my ear it hurt so much! Pain killers took the pain away thankfully and I managed to fall back asleep easily. On Monday the sinus pain seemed to have settled, I had/have increased my sinus nasal wash to twice a day so perhaps that has helped, i've given up with the vicks first defence. However I now seem to have developed a raspy cough which makes my throat and top of my chest feel red raw, every time I cough I think I might cough up a tonsil or something but so far it's just sputum thankfully!
So my plan of action is as follows: have sputum pot available for me to cough into as otherwise i'll have toilet problems next and be feeling sick as sputum is difficult to digest if you swallow it! Continue to gargle TCP twice a day, continue to do sinus nasal rinse twice a day and do hypertonic saline nebuliser 4 times a day (usually done twice a day) to keep chest clear and stop mother f*cking cold reaching my lungs. I've just had IV's, my body is strong. My body is a temple. I WILL fight this...!