Naptime surprise...

Dear Nicky,

Last night, or more accurately, this morning you woke up coughing and wheezing, congested and sleepless. It seemed very crouplike. Before I sent you off to school, I gave your nose a few drops of saline, then suctioned the goop out of your nose, then gave you a couple squirts of Rhinocort. We got no report back saying you'd been especially snotty at Stones, so I guess you did okay. But when you came home, you were sound asleep in your van, so you must've been pretty tired. I took you up and put you down for a nap, a long one for a school day: over two hours. And when you woke up you were in a good mood, but your bottom sheet and your pants were soaked. Turns out, the folks at Stones had sent you home without a diaper on, just your training pants, which are simply no match for the deluge of pee you can unleash. I changed you and your sheet of course, then you had some dinner. Afterward I gave you a snoot of prednisone, a miracle drug when it comes to fighting coughs and croup. Then Mom put you to bed. Have a good night.

Love,
Dad