Another Parental Rite of Passage
2.5yo Guppy and I are off to the doctor’s office to get a strep culture. Never had to do it with 5yo Drake. It helps much that Guppy clearly is in pain as he swallows, and says his mouth hurts. Whenever Drake was sick as a toddler, he would just scream and scream and refuse to let anyone get near him.
One of my favorite memories of childhood is the time my dad decided to do the strep cultures for my sisters and me at home. He did the swabs, touched them to the red stuff in the plastic dishes, then my mother put them in a low oven to develop.
And forgot them. Till the house smelled bad, and she had three melted strep cultures all over her oven.
I’m sure my mom didn’t think it was funny, but I did.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:17 am
I am so sorry that sweet Guppy is feeling sickly. Hug him from his Auntie Sydney. Funny, I do not remember ANY of that story… did it happen in Worthington or Gville? I must have been very young, because it rings NO bells with me. I can only assume Mom was furious…