nightdog_barks: (Puppy Toss)
nightdog_barks ([personal profile] nightdog_barks) wrote2019-06-09 04:42 pm

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So, my advice is, if at all possible, try to avoid catching pneumonia. Holy shit this is such a bitch.

In other news ... big thundershowers rolled through at about 1 this afternoon, bringing good rain and some high winds. Apparently a lot of folks around us and in the DFW area lost power, and a crane in downtown Dallas came loose and fell onto the roof of an adjacent building.

Currently reading Alice Munro's Runaway: Stories. It's been a long time since I've read any Munro, and these stories are just wonderful. I also bought the new nonfiction book Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, by Casey Cep. There was a very good review of it in the NY Times, and it sounds really interesting.
pwcorgigirl: (House oxygen mask)

[personal profile] pwcorgigirl 2019-06-10 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Pneumonia used to kill a lot of people and take months to recover from. The Mister had an endless coughing spell one time and our family doc said all the coughing had irritated a nerve that made the coughing worse. He got a big old shot of steroids and got better.

Beloved family doc also had a mixture she gave as an injection that included a steroid, B-12 and something else that would fix a person right up. I miss those days.