I am getting really good at diagnosing things. I date this back to when my mom had kidney stones and I diagnosed it as kidney related before she went to the emergency room. Then there was the time when one of my sisters had a problem with an unnamed organ that she wouldn’t want me to tell you about but I don’t know why because it’s not the organ you’re thinking of and I diagnosed the exact problem with her just telling me one piece of information. (I think that was vague enough, don’t you?)
To help me further my education, my kids have started throwing me curve balls. No more easy stuff like ‘stomach bug’ or ‘explosive diarrhea’. We have progressed to the world of ‘hand, foot and mouth disease’, ‘impetigo’ and (insert scary music here) ‘SCARLET FEVER’!
It’s getting to the point where my mother is freaking out because when she was a kid (before antibiotics) at least one of these was a killer disease. When I brought the kids home from the doctor’s office to brag about their random illnesses, she heard scarlet fever and dashed out. She called me from her home to find out the symptoms were so she would be able to figure out if she had it or not.
You’ll be pleased to know that so far she’s doing fine. And the kids are perusing the internet to find out how they can get Fifth Disease.