Today I finally gave in and went to the doctor. After one week of non stop coughing and feeling pretty run down, I called and made the appoitment. Cole was at school and Katie was home with me. I loaded Katie up with her coloring book and crayons and headed off to the doctor's office. Katie was very interested in my appoitment - she had never known her mother to visit the doctor for anyone other than she or Cole. I warned her to not talk loud and to be quite while the doctor was talking to me. She agreed that those were good rules. We waited nicely in the waiting room for several minutes. The nurse greeted us and took us back into a room to check my temp and blood pressure. Katie explained the entire procedure to the nurse and checked my pulse on my other arm while the nurse did her exam. The nurse left and I again warned Katie not to talk while the doctor was in the room. The doctor entered and asked Katie, "Are you the patient?" Katie smiled and explained all of my symptoms to the physician who listened with more attention than I have ever received from him. Katie then told him that I really needed medicine and that she thought that I should have medicine that "tasted good." He then left to retrive my medicine and returned with my check out slip. When we were back in the car on the ride home, Katie said, "You did not get your sticker!" Katie goes to the doctor with me from now on - she gets down to the point, gets good tasting medicine, and expects reward! That's my girl!
Sometimes my kids can say the funnest words. This morning it was so foggy outside that it was difficult to see. Katie says, "I can't believe how froggy it is this morning." Cole agreed that it was very froggy. Katie sometimes says allergy for alert when playing battle with her brother. Cole says that he takes durteck (Zurteck) for allergies. They were singing, "The weather outside is nightfull, the sun is so delightful, since we have no place to go, Let it snow." Well, at least they say I love you just right.