Mochos, bacon & dichos

December 23rd, 2007

oy. What a week.

Sofie has had a bad cough for the past few weeks. I had thought it was just residual from a cold she had. It finally got to the point though where I felt it went on for too long, so I took her in to her pediatrician’s office on Thursday.

Long story short, after spending 6 hours at the pediatrician’s office, it was determined she has RSV and pneumonia. We were there for so long as they tried many times to increase her blood oxygen levels (where 95-100 is good, Sofie was consistently at 88-91). A nebulizer was employed (a machine which turns a chosen med into a fine mist to be inhaled), as was pure oxygen. If they
could
not get
the count up,
they would
have had to
admit her to the hospital.If they could not get the count up, they would have had to admit her to the hospital. They also stuck tubing up her nostrils to suction out all of her goobers (mochos). While six hours was a LOOOONG time to couped up in that little room, it sure beats having Sofie in the hospital.

(Also, I now know with utmost certainty I would NOT do well in a prison cell. Props to ~~my family members~~ everyone I know who has!)

Anyway, Sofie’s doing so much better. She still has a cough, and we have a rented nebulizer at home, treating Sofie every 5 or so hours until her next appointment this coming Friday. The meds they’ve prescribed are actually stimulants, so Sofie is totally wired, crawling and playing and appearing overall happy and active.

I, on the other hand, am a stuffy nosed, coughing, hacking whining mess. I’ve been hit with a nasty cold.

While I’m grateful that I have this upcoming week off from work, I am totally bummed that I’m going to spend it in recovery. My last good block of time off from work was Turkey Day, and I had a cold then, too. Guess this is life with a baby? Or is this some cruel joke the universe is playing on me, keeping me away from Black Friday and Day After Christmas sales?

sigh.

Well, while I am sick, I am NOT too sick to appreciate this wonderfulness Kaboodle emailed me:

The Bacon of the Month Club!

I have previously waxed on about my love for bacon. Oh, how would I love to be a card-carrying member.

It comes with awesome-sounding swag, too. From the club’s website:

Here’s what you get:

- A different artisan bacon delivered to your door each month for 12 months
- Informative notes on all bacon selections
- Discounts on The Grateful Palate bacon products and bacons
- Bacon of the Month Club Membership Card
- The bacon strip - our members only monthly bacon comic strip
- The Bacon of the Month Club Pig Ballpoint Pen
- A little Rubber Toy Pig
- One free Bacon Tee Shirt
- A recipe each month using the bacon selected
- Discounts on suggested wines and products in recipes
- And–new for 2007-a pig nose!

Lastly, but not leastly, I want to invoke my bragging rights. I won El Chavo!’s dicho contest! You should totally check out the other entries. Many aren’t necessarily new, but all are clever and useful, fer sher.

For more on dichos, check out this wonderful explanation Latinitas put together.