Spring 2009. Alex has learned a new word! Gonorrhea. He said it rather frequently for a while. I actually think he might have learned the word in health class at school. 12 seems a bit young for such things, but it's better to be informed than not. More likely, he heard the word in a video on youtube. Lovely. "Mom, what's gonorrhea?" "Mom, what are the symptoms of gonorrhea?" "Mom, how do you get gonorrhea?" I always try to answer his questions honestly once or twice and then I try to get him to move on.
Shortly after I explained the symptoms I went to the eye doctor. My eyes had been itching and burning and I mentioned this in front of my children at some point. Alex took a leap of logic and asked the amazing question, "Mom, do you have gonorrhea of the eyes?"
Well? Did you? ;-)
ReplyDeleteFortunately, it was seasonal allergies, which is what I thought but I could see how Alex would make that jump in logic.
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