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Never, Just a cold

This year has really been better than last year for our kids being sick. So why is it that just hearing Cole cough sends a cold chill down my spine? It's most likely memories of last year that are still very strong. I remember breathing treatments around the clock, at least four different medications along with two inhallers to keep up with, and NO sleep. The military uses sleep deprivation as a form of torture for bad people - I understand why. I just keep thinking that his cough will somehow go away without me ever really getting too worked up. Somehow I don't think so. It seems that most kids have just colds - you always hear their mothers say, "Oh, he just has a cold." My kids, on the other hand, never have JUST COLDS! Their sickness involves multiple trips to the doctors office (where I am convinced they pick up even worse bugs to their already weakened immune systems), multiple medications, and lots of lost sleep on their parts. Yep, we have a cough. Please let this be just a cold.. . . . . .

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