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Liz’s rant: Are you sure he’s sick?

Liz’s rant: Are you sure he’s sick?

He’d been fine when he left for school. Then I got the email from Colton’s teacher yesterday: Please Pick Him UP. Well! Did he pull the fire alarm? (no, that would be my 25-year-old back in the day). Did he have a fever? (No apparently, he just wasn’t “himself”). And 24 hours later, after being tested for pig flu, he appeared ready to go back to school… Until tonight. When the fever hit 102.5 and any mother worth her weight … Read entire article »

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Liz’s rant: No more pig flu

Liz’s rant: No more pig flu

You may recall a month and a half ago when I lamented my daughter’s illness, which could very well have been pig flu. The world will never know. Before we go any further, I think it’s important for me to point to the fact that I realize the seriousness of this outbreak. But I refuse to give it power over my life.  But I digress. Oddly enough, after my super-secret assignment to places I can’t tell you … Read entire article »

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Liz’s Rant: When pigs fly

Liz’s Rant: When pigs fly

My teenager is not a good patient when she’s sick. Case in point? It’s Friday night and she’s complaining of a suspected sinus infection and a bad headache. “Can I get you something to eat?” “I don’t know…” “Are you thirsty?” “I don’t know…” “Well, what do you know?” “I don’t know…” I ladled out soup for the rest of us, then returned to the family room for dinner around the TV (it was the  weekend – back off). About   five … Read entire article »

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