‘Tis the season.
The season of coughing and sneezing and nose blowing and tissues.
Oh, my.
The best thing is a good defense.
These include
- handwashing
- Mask-wearing when in a crowded area
- Mask-wearing when you are sick
- getting your flu vaccine
But, Kate, what happens when all of this fails?
Time to go on the offensive.
- get plenty of rest
- drink lots of fluids
- procure supplies such as ready-to-heat and eat meals and paper goods such as tissues
- seek care if you have a sustained fever over 102 or are coughing up nasty green stuff
- seek care if you are coughing up a steady stream of red
- take that nap already
- cancel plans if you aren’t feeling up to them; people will understand
- take medications if you think they are helping
As my house has been enjoying ill health all week because our defenses were breached, I can tell you that the most important thing is number 9- clean up as you are using the tissues. Mr. Kate and I do this by having readily available receptacles for snotty tissues.
I am not a medication taker. No NyQuil for me as that may mask symptoms I need to pay attention to and also I am not a fan of the paradoxical effect after a few days.
Don’t worry about us. We are on the mend.
After all, Dot, the cat is taking good care of us. Not really, of course, but she is offering much needed comic relief.
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