… while Her Bad Mother pulls herself out of the dank purgatory that is Very Unpleasant Viral Illness (a state that was no doubt entered into as a result of, as Her Bad Mother’s mother would claim, “too much excitement,” a condition that can also lead to Ill Temper and Very Bad Sugar Headaches.)

If anyone knows of any remedies for throats that feel as though they’ve been razed by barbed wired and ears that feel as though they’ve been stuffed with exploding zeppelins – remedies that do not involve anything hot and steamy (it currently being far too hot and steamy in the tropics of Toronto for anything that is not iced) (is there such a thing as an iced chicken-soupiccino?) – please do share.

Thank you.