Evo said:
Awww, thanks everyone. If I can get her computer connected tonight, she can see this. She has the cable connection already and an "instruction guide", I've never done a cable connection before, is it easy? The cable company wanted $172 for a tech to connect it.
It's really easy, and definitely NOT worth $172! What a rip-off! For mine, it was as simple as screwing the cable onto the cable modem, then running an ethernet connector from the modem to computer, plugging in the modem, watching a bunch of lights on the modem blink, and when the last one stopped blinking, opened the browser and followed the instructions (for a PC, there was a self-installation disk that did the whole connection thing automatically, on my mac, I needed to call the cable company and have them do the connection while I was on the phone...it took about 5 minutes, and when I was done, I had my email account set up and everything...I knew I could do that pretty much on my own, but let them talk me through it so I could confirm the server names were right and not have to call back if there were any problems).
Once the initial connection was made through the direct connection to the computer, I just unplugged the ethernet cable from my computer and plugged it into my airport (wireless router), the airport software told me something like, "No stupid, it's the other hole that fits an ethernet cable on the airport that you're supposed to use for cable internet," so I plugged the cable into the other connector instead, and it's worked ever since.
(Okay, it was nicer about telling me the cable was plugged into the wrong slot, but it did leave me wondering how it knew that's what I'd done.)
That's a really cute vaporizer. I hope that cheers her up. It's quite possible she has had walking pneumonia for a while that she thought was the flu, and only when it got worse did she recognize it wasn't just the flu. Lots of coughing when you have a cold can also make you susceptible to pneumonia because the lining of your throat and bronchial tubes get irritated and vulnerable to other infections. That's how people go from flu to pneumonia. I hope it doesn't require hospitalization...it's much better to be sick at home in a comfortable bed with a mommy to take care of you than to be woken up every few hours in a hospital (not to mention that it means you're that much sicker if you've landed in the hospital). Is it the bacterial form of pneumonia? If so, she should be feeling better pretty soon...just make sure she finishes ALL of her antibiotic prescription according to directions, even if she starts feeling better sooner.
Chicken soup is great stuff...lots of great nutrients, the warm broth is easy to swallow and makes your throat feel good, it keeps you hydrated, and the steam is even good for the sinuses if it is delivered nice and hot.
I'm sending lots of thoughts her way for a speedy recovery (though, I think you should still rely more on the medicine and rest and chicken soup type remedies...my thoughts sometimes get lost in transmission somewhere.
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I hope she gets well soon. Don't let her go outside until she gets better! Tie her down to the bed and force feed her lots of liquids.
