The Doctor is In

I got a call from school today at 3:30pm.

"Jiro just threw up," Su informed me. "And he doesn't look like he's going to rally."

Oh no.

I sent Warren to fetch him and Satchel and fretted over possibly having a round two on the heels of round one.

I called home around 4:30 to check on the patient and Warren said, "He was asleep when I picked him up, but he seems fine now."

I got home around 5:30 and Jiro greeted me at the door. "Mommy, I threw up today."

"I heard," I said. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," he said as he went towards the Wii.

I walked over and felt his head. It felt a little warm, but when I took his temperature it was normal.

"Did your tummy hurt before you threw up?" I asked.

"No," he said matter-of-factly. "I was coughing a lot."

"You were jumping a lot?" I asked, not understanding him.

"No, I was COUGHING," he said louder.

I looked at Warren.

Then Satchel, excuse me, Dr. Satchel piped in. "He was eating an apple and then he just threw up on the playground."

Warren looked back at me. "Maybe he choked on the apple and it hit his gag reflex."

"Maybe," I said hopefully.

"He's allergic to fruit!" Dr. Satchel exclaimed. "Sunday he threw up after eating grapes and today he threw up after eating an apple!"

Warren and I laughed.

"Better not let him eat that banana!" he said motioning toward the fruit basket in front of me.

"Yeah," said Jiro as he walked away.