Perhaps I spoke too soon?

Ok ladies, what is scary, sounds awful, and rhymes with poop? CROUP! I woke up friday night at 2 am and had to briefly remind myself that I don't own a dog. Poor Avah, she really sounded (and felt) awful. So I got her into the bathroom and ran the shower and within 15 minutes most of the sound was gone and she had stopped crying. That makes for a pretty vicious circle....Crying exacerbates the Croup sound, and the sound scares her and makes her cry more. Her Ped. told me that if the steam works and as long as she was not having trouble inhaling that there was not much reason to bring her in.  So it was off to Walmart (man I hate that place but the prices are good) for a vaporizer. She's doing better now. 

I am going to love this Turkey day. Why? NO cooking! Rupert will take time off (unheard of for him) and off we go to Miami to see some friends of ours who moved to Honduras 2 years ago. This is going to be a wonderful little break for me and I hope Avah is on her usual good behavior.