Care for Upper Respiratory Infections
What Are The Symptoms of URI?
- Scratchy or sore throat
- Sneezing, runny nose, and nasal congestion
- Cough
- Watery eyes
- Ear congestion
- Slight fever (99 to 100ºF or 37.2 to 37.8ºC)
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Loss of appetite
Pooey. It’s the weekend, and I’m sick with a URI of some kind. No aches or that “ill” feeling, so it’s probably a cold. It’s been coming all week, ever since our return from Maui. I thought at first that my allergies were kicking in, because of all the *#&$!%%ing perfume at work. And maybe it was, at first, but the sneezing, sniffling, coughing and kvetching (heh) may have left me more vulnerable to an infection I’d been fighting off for a while.
David’s off to the store to pick up some items for the Pestilent One (ie., me) and so we can make some chicken soup. We’re going to cheat a little and make it from canned or boxed stock, not go whole-hog and take all day like Alton Brown suggests.
Although, this outcome does sound interesting and entertaining.
I got my sister-in-law Debbie’s chicken soup recipe and we’re “souping it up” a little with some fresh herbs, based on a quick survey of cooking and soup-nut sites.
In the meantime, I’m ensconced upstairs on my bed with coffee, phone, laptop, my favorite plush robe with the red-nosed reindeers on it (thanks again, Timmy!) and my Scary Purple Slippers on. It’s relatively warm and breezy (for Chicago, this is anything above 45 degrees, and anything less than a gale) so we’ve got all the windows open to air out the house, so that we’re not just rebreathing dust and mold and whatnot up here. If I get chilly, I’ll just leave the windows open a little. For now, I’m comfortable enough up here, and it’s now time to listen to “This American Life.”
I loves me some lazy Saturdays. I just wish I wasn’t contagious.