bring on the good wishes

had an e-mail (rather than a phone call, which i suppose is good in a way of degrees) from my mother this evening, to say that my grandmother is in the hospital again having congestive heart failure issues.  she's been on antibiotics for what they thought was bronchitis, but has been getting weaker in the past few days and fallen three times (and i don't know how she's done that without breaking bones, but it might be that she's so tiny and frail that falling down doesn't have much impact?), so now with the hospital and the monitoring and the adjusting the meds and whatnot.

so, those of you who pray, think positive thoughts, etc., etc.:  you're up.

update

today's note from my mother is a forward of a message from my aunt from last night, saying my grandmother is in intensive care, and doing much better.  both my brother and i said "um, hi, ICU, better than what exactly?" -- but the best we can work out is, she's been in there the whole time (at least since friday morning, possibly since thursday?), so she's doing better in ICU now than she was in ICU before.  and, my mother says, hoping that's just where they admit you, when you're 86 and your congestive heart failure is acting up.

state of the fox

head cold:  back with a vengeance.
chest cold:  affirmative.
bin:  full of tissues.
nose and upper lip:  raw.
throat:  not really raw, but full of tonsils that are bigger than they should be.
friends who go to the store to bring a person tissues:  accumulating tons of good karma.
and bring unsolicited cookies as well:  omg angels in human form.
amount of decongestant and expectorant consumed today:  more than it says on the label.
amount of antihistamine consumed today:  one dose, because i couldn't take the sneezing anymore.
drainage:  clear.  at least that's something.
ability to free sinuses (including popping ears) for more than five consecutive seconds:  limited.
ability to get crud out of lungs:  nil.
olympic events watched on BBC interactive (from news.bbc.com):  women's freestyle skiing, men's luge, pairs figure skating (short program).
days until olympic curling begins:  2.
progress on syntax paper today:  nil.
days until i call the doctor if i'm not doing better:  1.5, although in the absence of fun bacterial colors they'll just tell me to rest and drink fluids, so i'm not sure why i'll be bothering.
temperature (of me, not outdoors):  99 F/37.2 C.

tzikeh said i should ask here

so i have this gummy lump in my lungs.  and my room is very dry.  and i don't have a humidifier.  but do you think it would work if i closed the windows (presently opened just a crack, for circulation) and turned on the hot water and left it running while i slept?

the hot water is very steamy.  only the sink is in a closet, and i could leave the closet door open, but the closet door is at the foot of the bed between me and the sink, so i'm concerned it would just make the front part of the room warm and damp, and leave me back in my bed still suffering.

hmm.  i have become a lot less lucid or sensible in the past half hour.  i wonder if that means i'll be able to fall asleep.

eta: i moved things! so the closet door can open further. room is a disaster area, but not a fire hazard, and maybe it will be more fully humid this way.