Ethan as a Blankie

     Each hour a new symptom popped up.  Sore eyes.  Swollen glands.  Raw throat.   The sleepies.  Then came the burning fever and wicked teeth chattering chills.  My clothes were layered and I was under a blanket and still freezing.  Little Ethan sprawled across me like an additional blanket and warmed me up.  I stayed on the couch for hours and only got up to sprint to the bed....where the chills started all over again.  Luckily, I get a kick out of chattering teeth.  Even in sickness we have to find the new.  I had never used a kid as a warming tool and now I'm just bummed I didn't think of it sooner.