This week was my IVIG infusion which, as I think I've mentioned before, has side effects that leave me pretty useless for a few days. My village of loved ones (because we all know it takes a village to raise a child) pick up the slack during this tough week so that I can recover without affecting my daughter too much. Sage came home from my mom's today and my "other" mom came over to spend the day with us and watch her in case it was another bad day. It was, and I slept for the majority of the day.
After she left, Sage and I sat together on the couch and vegged out because that is about all I was capable of doing. A little while later she disappeared upstairs for a few minutes and came back with 2 Q-tips, a temporal thermometer, and a hand held mirror. "What are you doing?" I asked. She replied, "I'm going to make your headache go away."
Intrigued, I let her work her magic. Dr. Sage took my temperature and touched my head saying "there, there, that should be better." she then proceeded to stroke my hands and my feet gently with the Q-tips. "Dr. Sage," I asked, "what are those Q-tips going to do?" "Those are not Q-tips mommy, they are brushes to brush the yuckies out of your head!" "But, Sage, you aren't brushing my head with them, you are brushing my hands and feet." "Silly mommy, I know that, but this is where the yuckies are hiding." Then she took her handheld mirror, looked at me upside down and proclaimed "Ahhh all better!"
I am not going to say this exercise made my headache go away, but I have to admit it was a nice little distraction from the pain, and her gentle touch was comforting in its own way. I came away from it with a new appreciation for her imagination, her empathy for others, and her desire to be helpful. What a sweet little experience in an otherwise rough day!
Emily A. Filmore, Author
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