lots of those types of desserts can freeze as well, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> The whole thing turns out to be a moot point. And I am frustrated.
> Angela has had a nasty cough for over two weeks now. I took her to the
> Dr. last week who thought it was a virus but also said she had an ear
> infection. Actually she saw the NP and not a Dr. All sorts of kids and
> adults at the dance studio have said they have had this cough thing for
> weeks and nothing helps with it.
>
> Took her back to the Dr. yesterday because she keeps coughing until she
> pukes. It worries me very badly at night. They have her on Benadryl
> which for some reason is the only thing that seems to help, if only
> slightly with the cough. But it puts her in a deep sleep. So I worry she
> will aspirate in her sleep.
>
> Well now I have a cough. Long story short the Dr. thinks we have whooping
> cough. He also diagnosed Angela with having a slightly enlarged heart,
> the cause of which remains to be seen.
>
> We see the Endo. tomorrow. A search online turns up that an enlarged
> heart can cause coughing and it can be caused by a thyroid problem which
> she has. The Dr. also said it is sometimes seen in athletes and she does
> do a lot of dance.
>
> She has to go in 2 weeks to her pediatrician and maybe also a pediatric
> cardiologist.
>
> So we are just sitting here waiting for the test results of the whooping
> cough test which is done via a nasal swab. If she has it, I will need to
> be treated and so will my parents. But I can't get my mom to see this.
> She said she is immune since she had it as a child. But the Dr. said
> anyone can get it and they are now finding that even the immunization that
> Angela had as a baby has been found not to be very effective.
>
> If we do have it, we will have to quarantine ourselves for 7 days,
> according to the Dr. What I read online sounded more favorable and said
> once on the antibiotic for 3-5 days we should no longer be contagious.
>
> My nephew and his GF do not want to take the chance of getting the
> whooping cough. He works with kids and she works with the elderly.
>
> So... We will go to my parent's house earlier in the day, drop off the
> presents, then call them from outside the house so we don't have contact
> with anyone.
>
> Now I just don't know what to do with the desserts I bought. Some of them
> might keep until Thanksgiving although we don't know what we are doing on
> that day. Costco had cheese fudge and also a lemon ricotta cake with no
> egg or flour in it. I think they will both keep for a while. And I
> figure I can have a bite of each because they don't look super high in
> carbs.
>