Is everyone sick?  With one form of something or another, I think everyone is sick.   I couldn’t not post this in case it might help someone else.  I have a cold.  I don’t dare call it anything other than a cold, because I know too many people that are laid up in the bed with fever, vomiting and body aches. Luckily, I’m not that bad off.  I have a stuffy nose and an incredibly annoying cough.  My stomach muscles hurt and my head is aching from coughing so violently over the past week.  I haven’t slept well at night because I wake up with raging fits of coughing.  I fear that I will wake the whole house up, so I go to the den for a restless night in the recliner. 

WELL…have I got some info for all you coughers out there!  (Flu bug peeps – I got nothing for you – ‘cept lots of prayers!) 

My cousin Paige called to check on me yesterday, because she knew I had been battling this cough.  She starts to tell me something, but prefaces it with all these “I don’t know if this will work”, “I’m not crazy” and “I’ve heard it’s an old wives tale”.  She’s totally setting me up for something that she’s not sure she believes in.  She doesn’t know it, but I’m listening intently because, old wives tale or not – I’ll try almost anything if it means it will help me sleep.  She says “Do you have any Vicks VapoRub?”  I tell her that VapoRub is a staple in our house.  (When Whit coughs his first question is “Mama, can I have some chest rub?”) She then says, hesitantly, “Well…..you know…..I don’t know if this will work or not….you know……it’s just an old wives tale…..but…..I’ve heard…..that if you rub VapoRub on your feet, cover them with socks and go to bed, that it will help you sleep.”  VapoRub on your feet?  Huh?  Well….like I said, I would try anything…and this was pretty easy.  So…I did it.  And…..

I SLEPT!!  FOR THE FIRST NIGHT IN A WEEK, I HAD A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP!!

It wasn’t sleep like a baby kind of sleep, but I coughed much, much less throughout the night and stayed in bed all night long.  Ahhhhhh……

Does VapoRub = Foot Rub = Good Night’s Sleep?  Or is it a fluke?

I dunno.  I think I’ll let Paige and Vick’s take the credit for my good night’s sleep. If you’re coughing your head off – try it – might work for you too.  For now…I’m off to find get the chest foot rub so I can sleep again tonight!

 Get well soon everybody!