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love on a teaspoon

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He’d never been so sick. Scorching to the touch, dripping, lethargic, coughing uncontrollably, waking up through the night in delirious discomfort. The kind of sick that you watch the clock for, to keep ahead of symptoms with proactive teaspoons of relief. The kind of sick that gets him whatever his listless whine requests: a fourth episode of Backyardigans, a bubble bath at lunchtime, marshmallows in his alpha bits. 

Today, show us candid quietness and caring and neediness. Show us exhaustion and pajama days. Show us unposed, unglittery, unbuoyant love.

Comments

  6. oh sweet boy, i hope he’s feeling better soon!

    we spent most of last winter so very sick, i had plenty of opportunities to catch the sleeping sickness, but this is probably my favorite (a favorite photo of a sick child? how sick is that?!) but the long string of drool down the couch really is just heartwarming 🙂
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/3261899391/

    feel better soon! i’m keeping my fingers crossed that we are healthier this winter.

  7. my 19 year old baby lives in halifax, going to dal. he was hit with the h1n1 virus during midterms. could barely speak on the phone, coughing his lungs up, vomiting, the whole gamut. for now, even though your boy is sick, feed him teaspoons all day long. he will grow up and have the flu away from home and you will have to nurse from afar.

  11. I don’t have a photo to share, although I do tend to take them when my daughter is sick. But I always found that there is an extra dose of sweetness she possesses when we’re snuggled in bed at 3 a.m. while she fights fevers or vomiting or stuffy noses. Little whispered conversations, nose-to-nose, fingers intertwined…..

  14. My 3 year old had pneumonia last week. She had baths in the middle of the day, applesauce (ONLY) for every meal, breathing treatments every 2 hours around the clock, and went from one pair of pjs to another for 5 solid days.

    Alas, no pics. But next time, I’ll remember to pick up my camera. Hope your little guys are well, Kate.