My Mom came over to help me apply the poultice...she warmed the onions in olive oil on the stove until they were nice and warm...
She then wrapped the hot onions in an old towel and layed it on my chest...It felt so good! It instantly started to break up phlem...
When the onions cooled I layed the onions directly on my chest...Elsie had a few issues with this...she kept wanting to take them off me! 
The poultice should help to stop the cough so I can sleep better tonight...so far so good...I have coughed some but not "big, bad coughs" like before! I also took a nice warm bath tonight with fresh, frozen ginger floating in the tub...I was told that was supposed to bring my fever down...(not sure I really had one but I wanted to try anyhow!) Fresh ginger tea is also known to help ease coughing...So I will be putting a cup beside the bed tonight just in case! Now...I have every intention of waking up in the morning feeling tip-top so I can go buy some flowers for the window box! Thanks,mom for coming over to help me...and the girls for watching Elsie so I could relax in the tub...I think my parents and sisters have taken care of Elsie for me all week! What would Jon and I do without any of you?
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hopefully this helps control the coughing a bit. when i had pneumonia my coughing at night was *the worst* - i couldn't sleep at all (and we forgot all about the onion poultice trick...silly us!) --- so i know how exhausted you must feel from not getting a decent night's sleep. i certainly hope your upper respiratory stuff deosn't get any worse. cough syrup is a joke, stay away from it!!...this stuff and/or a few shots of whiskey work the best, in my opinion.
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