Cheerful even coughing

Lily still has a cough, but she's pretty much done with the runny nose part of her cold. That was quite illuminating, having her all congested and then watching her sneeze. Um, it's like projectile snot. A few times just hugs gobs of snot came flying out of her nose. Which is good. I know, disgusting, but it cleared out the tubes.

We went to the clinic on Tuesday and they checked to make sure she wasn't developing an ear infection or pneumonia, and she passed with flying colors. Her appetite is fine and she hasn't had a fever all week. Just the pathetic-sounding cough is left. But no more barking. Wow, that was freaky. And scary. She has been taking more naps and that's great, I'm sure it's helping her heal faster. They told us her cough would probably be worse at night and it was the first couple days. Didn't get a lot of sleep because we were up holding her to get her back to sleep and calmed down, not in that order, after she'd wake up coughing.

She's not grumpy at all about being sick, which I think she gets from her Daddy. I would be grumpy. She's still our giggly girl. We kept her in her jammies all day since the weekend, until today, and she even got to go on a walk to the park and swing in her jammies yesterday. I took her again today but with pants. We have a nice walk routine now, where we walk down to the river and then over to the park. Then Lily gets to swing for as long as she wants (if you stop too soon, she kicks her feet to let you know she wants more) while Cocoa is tied to a nearby tree. Then we go over to the creek and Cocoa gets in and cools off while Lily watches. When Lily's well I'll dip her toes in the water and walk her around in the shallow part, but not this week. Cocoa is getting used to the routine and even lying down next to the tree while she waits now. Before she was just so hyper wanting to get to the creek, jumping and whining, but now she's more mellow, I think she remembers the routine. I always make sure she has a shady spot to lie down in and that helps. Then if she starts rolling around in the grass, Lily laughs and laughs.