Dr. Sam

I made the mistake Wednesday morning of talking to my mom about a problem my grandmother was having that would later send her to the ER and an extended (and ongoing) hospital stay while Sam was in the back seat of the car on the way to school. Little ears hear everything, and when I got off the phone he asked me about Nanny's problem. Oops. I passed it off as being no big deal and went back to driving. I looked to the backseat and saw Sam deep in thought. Thinking about Nanny he said.

"It's no big deal, Sam. She's just sick and the doctors will know how to take care of her. Don't worry about it, buddy," I said.

"Did she get enough sleep last night?" he asked.

"Yes, I think so."

"Did she eat a good breakfast?" Sam asked.

"Yes, I think so, " I said, smiling.

"Well, maybe she had an operation," he said.

"Not recently, honey. I think she has just gotten some sort of sickness that the doctors will know how to take care of, " I said.

"No Mom. Here's what happened. Did you know that there is this bug-thing called an abbearition that can crawl up your pee thing and eat stuff up there and then when you go to the bathroom, blood comes out?"

"What?!" I said, trying to remain calm. "Where did you hear that?"

"I just, I just learned that myself," he said.

"Well, I'm pretty sure that's not what happened," I said and ended the conversation there.

So if you need any diagnostic help about problems you might be having, my son seems to have a lot of medical knowledge he is willing to share. It's not covered by your HMO though...