The good, the bad, and the fuzzy

[vettecat]

Good
sdavido surprised me tonight with something he sneakily ordered before I even knew it was out. The first season of MacGyver. Wheeee! I was a bit annoyed that they list his first name on the case, since that was always a Deep Dark Secret (I only remember it being mentioned in two episodes), but nevertheless I'm looking forward to watching it again. Hmmm, maybe if we can tame the Clutter Demon, I'll have a MacGyver party sometime...

Bad
sdavido's cold has gotten much worse. He's been running a fever since yesterday (102.7 as of a few hours ago), and has a really deep nasty cough which gets worse if he tries to talk. He didn't go to work today, and he's not going tomorrow. But I called our doctor tonight, and he prescribed some antibiotics over the phone, so hopefully we'll see some improvement soon. (His reaction to my asking if we should come to the office: "Don't take him out in this cold weather! He'll get worse!" I like having a practical doctor.) Both my parents have colds of varying severity, too. Thank G-d I have a good immune system, so as long as I don't let myself get depleted, I should be OK.

Fuzzy
So, can cats catch a human virus? I always thought those couldn't cross the species boundary, but sdavido has been trying not to breathe on her, just in case. Anyone know for sure?

Comments

[c1.livejournal.com]

In my (admittedly dated) experience, fevers of that severity are candidates for IV antibiotics. I'm keeping you both in my thoughts. Hope things turn out well, and soon!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm hoping it won't get to that point... our doctor tends to be a good diagnostician, so if something more were necessary, I think he would have said so. If it doesn't go away in a few days something more may be needed, but we'll hope that won't be the case.