Today mommy took me and Bubba to the doctor. Mommy said it was lucky for me that Aunt Terri came with us. When we got to the office Aunt Terri took me to look at the fishes. There were some big ones and some small ones. It looked like I should be able to touch them but somehow I could not quite get my hand to them. They were much nicer fish than the one that daddy caught at Aunt April’s house the other day. Much less scary. When they said my name Mommy and Aunt Terri took us back into a little room where they laid Bubba down on something they called a “scale” to weigh and measure him. Then I stepped up onto a big boy scale with a froggie on the top that I got to play with. They said I weight 27 pounds. Mommy said I was a big boy. Then they took us into another small room. The nice lady asked Mommy a bunch of questions about Bubba. Meanwhile, I found some interesting toys. There was a wagon that I pushed around the room. Mommy told me not to slam it into the wall, but it made a really cool noise so I did it anyway. When the nice lady left Mommy gave Bubba to Aunt Terri and we sat down and read a book all about trucks. It has some really cool pictures in it. After a few minutes a man came in and started to look at me. He looked in my ears and down my throat. Then he looked at my arms and legs. Mommy told him that my rash looked much better and he agreed. He said I had something called a “sin-us infecshun” and he told Mommy that he could fix it. Then he made Mommy lay Bubba down on a table and he started looking at him. I went back to playing with my wagon and getting into trouble. I figured out how to open the door. I tried to leave but Aunt Terri wouldn’t let me. She sat me down in a chair beside her. I am not sure what happened but I fell out of the chair and landed on the floor on my face! The nice man gave me a sucker to make me feel better. I liked him. After he left the nice lady came in again. I don’t think that Bubba thought she was nice though. She did something to his legs and he screamed really loud for a long time. He stopped crying when Mommy picked him up though. Finally we were able leave. Mommy and Aunt Terri loaded us back up into Mommy’s truck and we went home. When Daddy got home we got back in the truck and went to MawMaw’s house. I got to eat mashed potatoes (my favorite) and macaroni and cheese. Mommy kept trying to hide some nasty beans in my potatoes. She thought I wouldn’t realize but I did. I just pulled them out of my mouth and kept eating my potatoes. I didn’t want them to go to waste! They were so yummy. After everyone finished eating I went outside and played for a little while with Daddy. When it got dark outside we went back home. Bubba cried the whole way. I don't like it when he cries so I held his hand on the way home. I love him. When we got home Mommy gave me something gross to drink. She squirted it into my mouth with something she called a “medisin droper.” It made me really sleepy so I laid my head down on Mommy’s shoulder and fell asleep. I think Mommy and Daddy lost my teddy bear. I keep asking for it and they act like they don’t know what I’m talking about. I think they are embarrassed to tell me they lost it. I guess I’m going to have to go to Grandma Campbell’s and tell her I need another one.
- Phillip Earl Howell
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