Friday, December 3, 2010

I fell in to a burning ring of fire...

...I went down, down, down
and the flames went higher
-Johnny Cash, "Ring of Fire"

So, Luke has a horrible cold - double ear infection, day #3 of a high fever, and more snot rivers than I've ever seen on a kid. We've seen some pretty pitiful kid sicknesses, what with all the rounds of pneumonia we've seen. But this is right up there with the most pitiful.

Derek pulled out the humidifier this morning and for some reason it kinda freaked Jay out. He kept asking "Will it be loud?" and he was clearly pretty concerned about it. We said it will help Luke feel better, reassured him that it would be quiet, and didn't really think much more of it.

Then about an hour later, Jay asked me, "Why does that thing help Luke feel better?" Given that we'd attempted 17 different "that things" to help Luke feel better (and that's just what we tried between the hours of 4 a.m. and 7 a.m.!), I didn't know whether he was referring to the snot-sucker, the Tylenol, the cool washcloths, Vicks Vapo-rub, the antibiotics or what.

Me: What do you mean?

Jay: That thing. The thing that shoots fire out. Why it makes Luke feel better?

Me: Uh .... I'm not sure what you're talking about, sweetie. (At this point, I'm really confused where he's going with this.)

Jay: That thing! The one Daddy put in his room!

Me: Oh, the humidifier! It doesn't shoot fire, honey. It puts a little mist of water in the air. It's not smoke coming out. It's just water.

Jay: Then why is it called a humidi-fire?

6 comments:

Sush said...

You know he makes perfect sense.
~Loves

Lisa said...

Ever played the game "Mad Gab?" :)

Lisa

Unknown said...

Hahahahahahaha! Smart boy. :)

Anonymous said...

Out of the mouths of babes.......

Anne Tunstall

Anonymous said...

That is one of the funnier things he has ever said!!! He is too cute!! Hope our baby boy is feeling better this afternoon and fever is gone. LYTB, AJ

Unknown said...

Having gone through his own trial by "fier" I guess Jay has earned his healthy caution of all things medical at the bedside. Hugs to all of you, especially to you and Derek.