getting better

Yesterday when I got of work we went to the Health-care Central. It has doctors and all, but don't do nothing more advanced than diagnoses and removing birthmarks. You need to be remitted by them to get to the hospital.
Anyway, D called them and asked, and they thought we should get in for either that nights open "ER" or the following morning. Since the tickets would start being distributed 45 minutes after our call and we were going grocery shopping anyway, we went.
We were second in line =)
We had to wait some, of course, they serve due to gravity of illness when a doc becomes available. Hubs got his vaccinations in order while we were there. Pup actually perked up a bit being out and about, but was still feverish and really tired. The doc had no problem knowing what the problem was. He coughed and wheezed and all that, but there were nothing in his pipes or lungs, and since D's had it all his childhood the diagnosis was fairly obvious. Croup, or pseudo/viral croup as it might still be called in parts of the world where Diphtheria is still the cause of "real croup".
I've (of course) spent th morning searching info about croup online.
He got a shot of 12 cortisone tablet resolved in water, and he drank it without any fuss at all. The doc said he'd start to get better in 1-2 hours, but already half an hour later I could hear it easing up.
He slept all night without a wheeze =) It was a joy to hear

So now on to happier(ish) topics =)

The other day was my Goddaughter's 6th birthday. Since pup was so sick with fever and all, we didn't go to the party, I did however stop by after work to give her the present we got her. A "Hello Kitty storage stool", all pink and that =) Me and D got cookies in a box, and to pup they sent balloons. He had the energy tho examine them for about 2 minutes. Poor pup.

Yesterday while shopping I came across a car that it breaks my heart to see.
Yeah, I bet you wonder about why, it's just a piece of crap.Thing is, 8 years ago when my cousin got his drivers license and started driving this car, it was exterior vise in perfect condition. He later sold it and it's been down hill from there. OK, so as far as engine goes, this car has been tricky at best, and more often then not really hopeless. For a while it's fav "party-trick" was stalling in the middle of crossroads...
This was my grandfathers car. He loved it dearly and cared for it meticulously. I remember him sitting outside on a lawn chair nitpicking every move I made as I washed and polished it, because his Parkinson was to bad for him to be able to do it himself.
And this fron is actually the prettier view of the car... From behind it wasn't even recognizable what model it was, and on the inside the interior was bust, like the cover for the rod to the steering wheel missing, all cables and stuff exposed. And just knowing how much my grandfather cherished this car, it physically hurts when I see it in this condition.

And last but not least, a silently snoozing pup is making out with his bunny in his sleep ♥