Friday morning, Hick woke up with the sniffles, saying he didn't feel well. Did that keep him from rushing down to his SUS2 (Storage Unit Store 2) to open up for business four hours, before heading to the Senior Center for lunch? And then to his doctor's office for a weekly injection? And then to sit around a shop and shoot the bull with his cronies? NO. It did not. But you already knew that, I'm sure.
Apparently, The Hickness did not affect Hick's appetite. He ate his lunch:
Tacos
South of the Border Salad
Refried Bean Bake
Crackers
Variety of Desserts
In fact, Hick ate one AND A HALF lunches! He said "One of the gals didn't want the rest of hers, so she offered it to me." Heh, heh! Just like school lunches...
Anyhoo... Hick spent Saturday evening in his recliner, sneezing and snarfing and blowing his nose. I've been giving him a daily vitamin gummi with elderberry, vitamins C and D, and zinc. He doesn't have a cough right now, so I'm hoping he'll fight off The Hickness sooner rather than later.
It's been a while since Hick was sick. I'm guessing he picked up somebody's germs while hanging out inside the pharmacy. SICK people go there, you know! Surely he hasn't caught the flu from the flu shot...
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UPDATE:
On Sunday evening, I asked Hick how his "cold" was coming along.
"It's gone! I feel fine."
Well, he's WELCOME! For me giving him that gummi vitamin for three days. It will be a daily thing from now through the winter months. You can't go wrong by boosting your immune system.
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I'm glad it is gone. One preventive measure I take year-round is not using a public pen.
ReplyDeleteAbout ten years ago I was standing at the head of a line of people waiting to sign in. I was digging in my purse for a pen. The receptionist encouraged me to sign in. I said, "Not with that pen." She said, "Everyone else uses it." "EXACTLY"
I could hear others scritching aound in purses, guy saying Honey, do you have a pen. Just listening to me, a dozen people changed their actions and hopefully, habits.
Heh, heh! It's the same way at the pharmacy, putting your card in the reader, and punching the keypad. Unless you have the tap-and-pay.
DeleteI go through the pharmacy drive-thru now, but you still have to hand them your card. So the cashier is infested with germs from everybody else's card. Then they hand out the little clipboard for you to sign, with A PEN ON IT.
Even if you go inside to tap your card for payment, you're still touching the door handle that was handled by all the sickies. So I just have a strict rule of NO FACE TOUCHING until I've washed or sanitized my hands. And even still, if I've touched my phone while I'm out, there could be something lingering on it when I use it again!
Feed a fever, starve a cold but I like Hick's method better. Feed me good food and vitamins, ha!
ReplyDeleteA cold will never starve inside of Hick!
DeleteYou have to be careful, handing out gummies these days. Oh well, I had a quarter of one last night to help me sleep after a 3 hour nap in the afternoon.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Hick could lose a special license that is the bread-and-butter of his SUS2, if he was utilizing a gummi to which you seem to be alluding. Even though they are legal in our state.
DeleteI've been boosting my naturally good immune system for years with daily vitamins, not just in winter. But I take a range of individuals, since a multivitamin makes me queasy and burpy.
ReplyDeleteI've been taking this vitamin for two years now, but the elderberry part is new, and it only comes in this gummi combination from where I order it. Hick only takes them through the winter. He's got plenty of other meds to swallow, so nothing extra during summer.
DeleteThank goodness Hick didn't get the flu. That is miserable to get over. That lunch sounded pretty nice too. Glad he didn't catch any thing from sharing someone else's.
ReplyDeleteThere are more sick people to be found in a pharmacy than in a Senior Center lunchroom, heh, heh!
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