I'm not sure when Advil becomes a no-no.  I know it keeps the circulatory system of the baby from developing properly but I'm not sure at how many weeks that is.  I know it's toward the end.  Tylenol makes a sinus pill I like that's okay for pregnancy but it probably wouldn't help the achiness as much.  I'm an Advil addict (well, fake Advil - generic ibuprofen).  I take it way too much.  When I pulled my neck while pregnant I really missed being able to take ibuprofen.  That's when I did the apple cider vinegar I told you about altho that wouldn't help with a cold. 

 

I know what you mean about the achiness with a cold.  I think the only way you know if you have the flu instead of a regular bad cold is if you take a blood test.  Braeden had it once - the influenza virus was in his blood.  I took him to the dr  and they sent him to the hospital for a blood test.  I'm not sure when a person needs to worry enough to have it checked!

 

My sister has walking pneumonia and her 5yo daughter has pneumonia and I'm starting to think I have it too.  I had this bad cold for a week, then a cough that was so deep and racking, then the cold came back and now it's been a month and the cough is still here with a lot of phlegm.  It's definitely not like the pneumonia I had when I was 11 - that is more like what my little niece has.  Her fever went up to 107!!  My sister says she's sleeping a lot.  But I feel like maybe I have walking pneumonia like my sister.  Every time I say anything about my chest or cough she says "that's how I was feeling before the doctor said I have walking pneumonia."  In my mind, walking pneumonia sounds like bronchitis - just a severe respiratory infection and since I've already taken a Z-pack for bronchitis I don't think there's much else they could do.  If it persists one more week I'll go and see if I can get prednisone to reduce the inflammation.  The phlegm wakes me up at night - I'll be breathing okay and then suddenly I feel a blockage and can't get a breath in unless I cough the phlegm out which I have to wake up to do.  And with my insomnia, I can't go right back to sleep. 

 

I'm totally unprepared for my den meeting.  I'm totally sick of scouts.  Two more meetings including tonight and then it will be the banquet - after that, it's all electives which are more loose.  Also after the banquet, Braeden will cross over to boy Scouts meaning that Scott will be free with no Cub Scout den anymore and can help me run my meetings.  I just get sick of things too easily.  My interest wanes pretty quickly.  Oh about the Girl Guides - I think that's maybe what we call Girl Scouts.  So I guess Girl Scouts aren't in Canada or go by a different name.  Maybe Girl Scouts are only American?

 

Scott home with potato rolls - now I can make the ham sandwiches.  He'll need the computer for his den meeting.  I think he's sick of den meetings too but he likes teaching the simpler stuff to the little kids so he'll be a big help once he can do that.  I just don't have the enthusiasm or connect to boys to be able to improvise and do fun games without a lot of prep and forethought like he can!