comfort food designed to make my bug feel better...chicken and dumplings
family nap, day two. okay, we're missing q, but livie and i snuggled up together, and a few minutes later, waffle burrowed under the covers and joined us. he purred so loudly and enthusiastically that the comforter was shaking.
happy cat revealed. i have never had a cat who liked to get under the covers and snuggle up with me. i love that waffle is such a cuddle bug.
today dawned miserably for my poor bug. she woke up scream-crying from pain early this morning. i feel helpless to help her. i can dose her with tylenol or motrin to control her fever and give her some relief, but neither med really does a whole lot to ease the ice-pick-in-your-throat sensation. livie did a little better with eating today, but she still took a nap, and even after 1.5 days on her antibiotics, there is no improvement in the way her throat looks.
so far, q is okay as are josh and i. we are scheduled to go on a cruise to vietnam and singapore starting on saturday. i am reasonably sure olivia will be okay by then...if not 100%, at least no longer contagious and miserable. i am very worried, though, that q will be coming down with this shortly. i looked into the cancellation policy...oh, there is none. basically, because it is so close to cruise time, we cannot get any money back. so, we are making the choice to cruise with germs. it's not a choice i would ordinarily make, but we cannot justify losing the amount of money it cost for this trip. oh, and yes, josh looked into trip insurance but found that it did not cover illness, so he did not purchase it.
this morning, after some soft/cold foods, we slapped a mask on livie and headed out for some fresh air and errands. the first stop was at our favorite pet store to get stuff for waffle. while we were there, we met the world's most adorable daschund. omigod...if i could have, would have scooped him up and tucked him into my bag. he was ADORABLE and super sweet...he is a mini with long fur. just before we left, we met a spoodle. what's a spoodle, you ask? it's a poodle crossed with a cocker spaniel, and it is ridiculously cute.
after our pet store adventures, we went in search of fresh fruit for smoothies, potatoes for a special stew, and ice cream bars. we found all of the above.
tonight, i made olivia one of my all-time favorite comfort foods...chicken and dumplings. she liked it okay. q hated it. sometimes i wonder if my children were beamed down from another planet and, in fact, did not come from me at all ;-p
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