Prayers for you and your children. (My dad would sneak around mom and give me a Bourbon/Coke shot at bedtime, when I was sick. It would help “break” the fever. FWIW)
Yep, got the same homemade concoction from my grandpa when I was a kid. Also got a shot of Jack Daniels with honey and lemon. Knocked me out cold and never coughed the whole night.
my folks gave us a spoonful of sugar soaked with rotgut whiskey. killed the cough, and the fever, and a few random tastebuds.