It’s been a rough day here at Casa Brillig. K1, who’s home from college until next Wednesday, has a sore throat. She had one when she first came home right before Christmas, and a trip to her doctor and a couple of strep tests delivered the news that, alas, it was viral. Meaning antibiotics don’t do anything, and the only remedy is time and comfort measures. It took a few days, but she recovered and had a great week… until yesterday, when her throat started hurting again. Because of the meds K1 takes for an autoimmune condition, her immune system is compromised (insert Ob:VACCINATEPEOPLEBECAUSEMYKIDGETSSICKREALLYEASY here) and she is prone to getting sick a lot.
When I say her throat hurts, it’s a visible wincing every time she does anything silly, totally avoidable things like swallowing. She’s taking all the over the counter things we can throw at her: zinc, elderberry, -Quils, ibuprofen. Hot liquids with honey, chicken soup, and cold things like ice pops. Salt water gargling. Chloraseptic even (which can’t reach where it hurts, deep in her throat).
Which is my way of saying, grab a beverage that soothes you, and step across the story break for tonight’s Tops! And if you’ve got any folk remedies that a miserable K1 can try, let me know in the comments!
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