Monday, December 01, 2008
Taking Your Medicine
This is now old news, but the other day Ellie came down with an ear infection. She was crying and complaining about the pain in her ear, and I volunteered (and simultaneously was assigned by Shelly) the task of taking her to the doctor in the evening when we were able to get a last-minute appointment. I still get a weird sort of joy of taking care of a tired or sick child, because they are very cuddly and clingy, which is kind of endearing, even if they are going through pain or discomfort.
So for the next ten days, Ellie was supposed to take her medicine twice a day, which brings me to my point. Ellie just loves medicine. Sometimes she'll just ask for medicine, out of the blue, when she's well, like it's candy. Over the course of her treatment, it was Ellie who remembered she needed to take her medicine almost as often as it was us. She - not I - would insist on sucking every last drop off the dropper.
Perhaps I just have a weird kid, but I'm convinced that at least part of it is some major advances in medicine techology since the time I was a child (which already featured leaps and bounds beyond what my parents had to deal with as children). Medicine these days actually tastes good. So much for the spoonful of sugar.
So for the next ten days, Ellie was supposed to take her medicine twice a day, which brings me to my point. Ellie just loves medicine. Sometimes she'll just ask for medicine, out of the blue, when she's well, like it's candy. Over the course of her treatment, it was Ellie who remembered she needed to take her medicine almost as often as it was us. She - not I - would insist on sucking every last drop off the dropper.
Perhaps I just have a weird kid, but I'm convinced that at least part of it is some major advances in medicine techology since the time I was a child (which already featured leaps and bounds beyond what my parents had to deal with as children). Medicine these days actually tastes good. So much for the spoonful of sugar.
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