Yes, it is, in fact, Monday …
Do you have a memory of being sick as a child? It might not have been anything more serious than aa bad cold, or you may have had your tonsils out.. it could be anything. What do you remember?
I have a vague recollection of having chicken pox. My mom got to nurse myself, my brother, and my dad through that all at the same time. The woman’s a saint.
Since tonsil removal was brought up, I’ve never had mine out. However, I did have inquinal hernias on both sides when I was in the 3rd/4th grade, both of which required hospital stays. Some specific recollections:
- Nurses can be nice, but they have other things to do than sit there and play games with you.
- Space Checkers is not nearly as interesting a game as it might look. Especially when there are no nurses around to play it with you.
- Even if they give you a menu to select what you want to eat for your hospital meals, that doesn’t mean you can just check off desserts.
- Being on the sick list means that instead of going out into the playground to learn to play kickball with the boys, you get to learn folks dancing in the auditorium with the girls. This means you are in air conditioning, which is not a bad thing. Nor is learning folk dancing.
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