5 posts tagged “laura”

I am so sick today. It's moved mostly from my head to my chest. complicated by the fact that I have asthma, it's turning into bronchitis. bleh. so I've been on my normal remedies. the annoying thing is that there is a huge difference between  remedies for bronchitis and remedies for acute asthma attacks. trying to find one for bronchitis for people with asthma is actually difficult! heh. but since I've had this most of my life I've got my own things that work well from trial and error....

• warm tea. NO cold drinks. none. whatsoever.
• warm foods - no cold foods.
  
• no dairy AT ALL
• chicken soup
• eucalyptus in various forms
• rest - not moving around too much
• sleeping sitting up (I HATE this one, but if I lay down I will end up in the ER being too short of breath)
• nebulizer treatments (which I don't have right now b/c I rarely get this sick anymore... so I'm trying to deal with it without it)
• lots of vitamin C
  

I've tried various other remedies but these are the handful that work best for me. I'm sad that my family is stuck home from the New Years Eve festivities... but as soon as they cold air hits my lungs I can't breath. Same happens to Eli... so we're sitting this year out. maybe I will be well enough to get out some tomorrow.

for now, I'm lazy and haven't done a thing all day. every time I attempt a chore I end up wheezing and panting trying to catch my breath so I gave up. It's not worth ending up in the hospital over.

I feel so wretched with this cold I have developed. or flu or whatever. I can't sleep b/c my throat hurts too much and I keep coughing. bleh. so I finally took some sudafed yesterday and some just now. I don't like taking it as it messes with the nervous system so much. I get all irritable and wanna cry. sometimes I even feel raging!! so I avoid it always unless it's completely nessecary. Ever see a grown woman have an emotional break down? it ain't pretty and that's me on sudafed! learned that the hard way... I also worry about how it effects baby. everything i read says it's fine in small doses when needed, but if it effects me this much (and both of my kids) how can it not effect the baby? after taking it the baby starts bouncing around like crazy - which makes me all the more nervous!

anyhow I feel like I have glue for snot and my head feels like my brain is going to swell and pop through my skull. Luckily Sean's been taking care of me.

I've eaten a TON of homemade chicken soup (my best remedy), vitamin C, green and chamomile teas, some eggs, and water. and motrin b/c it hurts too bad to even sleep! Sean has made me food, gotten me tea, and just been a sweet guy all around. I think he has extra sympathy having just got past that terrible chest cold he had for 2.5 weeks!

sorry for being a bit MIA!

life has been busy busy busy. (isn't it always?) well more so than normal. and complicated. it good ways mostly though.

I am 18.5 weeks along. and STILL sick!! arg. but definitely better. I'm still on meds to keep it under control but I hope to be off of them soon. I will continue to take herbs probably through out.

we're doing good in PA. money is about non-existent. but i realize a lot of my friends are in that boat too. so while it's a crappy boat to be in, it's not all together lonely hehe. I hate money. or it hates me maybe. it's bittersweet like that.

Sean likes his job which is always a good thing! he can work from home some of the time which we all love. it's so nice to see him sitting at the desk as we go on about our day. it feels familiar and right. it's just how we all function best it seems. we're work from home kinda people. no money in the world could take the place of that one!

we haven't found a home church yet. still looking. lots of nice people here, but i haven't made any true friends yet. lots of nice acquaintances though. people from a local church helped us out SO much by bringing us meals while I was really ill. what a wonderful help that was!! I am forever thankful =) there isn't always the perfect way to say "thank you" but I will never forget their kindness. I don't know what we would have done otherwise.

it is snowing today. flurries right now, but I wonder what else is to come. it's only November 20th!! our first snow (though it didn't stick) was November 18th. that's the earliest snow I've ever seen I think!

I wont be doing any doula work for quite some time. none while pregnant or with a newborn. and we will just see where it goes after that. family life is my first priority and i like it that way. right now I have no sitters to watch while i'm with a mom anyhow, so it wouldn't even be possible. Sean's job is flexible for sure, but he still has to actually work heh.

Just incase you happen to read my vox still.... what's up? you leave with no fwding address? everything ok?

please let me know or i will worry. yes, worry b/c well... I'm the type that worries when people suddenly stop blogging.

Disclaimer: if you're not Sheri, this message isn't for you... but I bet you figured that one out already didn't ya? you clever people, you!

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  This is Laura:
  
  
  (granted not the best picture... )
  
  
  This is Laura with insomnia:
  
  
  
  oh my goodness I am tired.
  

  
  
  (btw that is my green covering from Garlands of Grace. I love it as it has a non-slip strip that helps it stay on for the most part. for some reason it looks crooked in the picture...)