Do you like being sick? The wet sensation of boogies running down your lips, entering you mouth, and the bitter/sweet taste of that goop. As adults, we can easily blow our nose and wipe the excess away with a tissue. Or, when some do make it into our mouths, we can just spit it out. But, my poor little offspring cannot do these things, I look away from him for 2 minutes and his lip is glistening like Edward. Pause......ok I wiped him down again.
What about the other feelings that come along with a sickness? Sometimes my stomach hurts, or my head hurts, or my eyes feel funny, and even my ears feel like they need to pop. However, we are used to these sensations, they are not foreign to us like they are to a young child. I imagine he still gets confused when he starts feeling funny, and I bet he has his own form of frustration when he comes to me or his mom and tries to let us know what is wrong, but not even he can explain what is happening to him.
It is these moments that at the moment, I do not cherish, for I feel bad for my son feeling sick. Why enjoy his suffering? I look into his eyes, red and puffy, and let out a audible sympathy note. Feeling sick really does suck, even to those that have had days, weeks, even months of experience with sickness. For this little guy, he has been sick not even the duration of a whole week in his entire life. Moments like these I think I should cherish, for I have the ability to try and comfort him, play with him, give him food and water and share his pain. In a sad way, it is kind of cute watching him cope with these feelings. Adults bitch and complain, while he whines, and occasionally does a cute gesture, like pointing and tapping on his nose. He knows there is some business for me to take care of there. Now, I will let him slumber, we all know that sleep is the best remedy for sickness.
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