End of the Swine Flu and a Fractured Rib

Okay, okay, I don’t think I had the swine flu, lol. But it was certainly one of the worst flu’s I’ve ever had. Luckily, my cough is becoming less frequent and more productive, and my energy is definitely up a bit. We’ve been sleeping better since sidelying nursing too, which is great.

However, I fractured a rib. I know. Seriously? Yep:

“You might be dealing with a simple fractured rib if any of the following symptoms are present: Sharp pain at a particular point on the chest that’s touched, sharp pain when coughing or breathing, bruising or deformity of the chest.”

Ding, ding, ding! Note to self: do not hunch over while nursing and then forcefully cough, thereby popping/fracturing/something painful to your rib cage. I now can’t take a deep breath, or esp cough, without pain, and usually have to bend forward to cough in order to take the pressure off my rib. When I stretch out my arms and straighten my back, I feel this weird “floating” bone feeling as my rib kinda protrudes at the spot of pain.

Anyhoo. I’m going the route of “let it heal itself” and hoping that the end of my coughing will allow it to heal. Of course, I also read this “Encourage the injured person to cough frequently. It’s going to hurt, but it will prevent secretions from pooling in the lung, which could cause pneumonia.” in an article about treating minor rib fractures and thought, pneumonia would be just FANTASTIC right now, with more sarcasm than I’ve ever mustered up in my life. Ever.

Otherwise, oh my, I love this little baby! She is so soft and warm and cuddly and – just, oh my. It’s so weird how mom’s just LOVE their kids. Pimply, peeling, cross-eyed goopy newborns through awkward, brace-face, acne covered teens. They are just angelic to the one who popped em out

Okay, well I don’t have vast amounts of time so I’m going to wrap this up!

Consider it wrapped.