House of Sickness

Two weeks ago, Ben came down with hand, foot, and mouth disease, which I had never heard of. Then, thanks to his asthma, the sickness morphed into a persistent cough. Yesterday, he started showing signs of pink eye. Now he's on eye drops, which he hates. I tried to be a good mother and bribe him with Thanksgiving stickers and out-of-season berries instead of candy--only to realize candy would have been about 20 times cheaper. I've been meaning to write about stem cell research again, but at the moment my mind is muddy. I suppose I should be grateful that my pink-eyed boy is still more or less his cheerful, active self....