Why Can’t I Fix It?
My 3 year old grandson is sick. Not seriously, but still pretty sick. Why can’t I fix it? I want to make it better. He has a fever (for 5 days), vomiting (for 2 days), a headache (on-going off and on) and now a sore throat. He’s such a tough little guy, sick more often than the normal child and therefore (I believe) more accepting of not feeling well. He doesn’t complain. It’s just so upsetting though when he doesn’t feel well. I know his Mommy and Daddy want to fix it too. I know they do everything (and more) that they should in an attempt to make it better. I know he get’s lots of TLC and medical care. BUT… it’s so darn frustrating! So what can a Grammy do? I offer suggestions (carefully), give comfort, offer relief time to Mommy & Daddy, and… ask the obvious question (ten times a day) “how’s he doing today?” But what I would really, really like to do is to take him to the ER right now myself and demand that the doctors make him better, and make him better now. I want to say, take him back to that doctor that said he had a viral infection and time will tell right now… MAKE them do something, but I don’t. I’m just Grammy - I stand on the side line, watching, waiting, hoping and continue to ask the unrelenting and well-known question… how is he doing today? Yiiikes!!!
