Archive for the 'illness' Category

Worser.
August 14, 2007

That’ll teach me to be optimistic.
Had to take you to Dr. Mohammed’s office this morning. You now have a sinus infection and an ear infection on top of your strep.
Since you were born, protecting you has been our number one priority, and the task is seeming more daunting everyday. Seeing you suffer because of something [...]

Worst yet.
August 13, 2007

What a weekend. What the urgent care center told us on Friday was just a virus turned out to be strep throat. I’ve never seen you more pitiful than you were this weekend.
I write a lot of things here for posterity, but I doubt that your mother and I will ever forget the feelings evoked [...]