"Can... I ask a rude question?"
Of course little one.
"Why... are your eyes like that?"
Because I got very sick, and now I'm going to a special doctor who is going to make me well so I can see again.
"Okay, I'm going to a doctor too, we can both get treats!"
Sounds good little one, sounds very good. -- Anon Guest
"I wanna have a big cake," announced Dair. "I saw'd one made outta rainbows on the way in."
The grownup in the next chair nodded in agreement. "That sounds pretty awesome. I'd love to see a rainbow again. Why are you seeing the doctors here?"
"I got trouble on my insides that needs a doctor to untie. My bits tied into a big knot and I throw up all the time. I think it's called a high atticus her knee-ah. How'd you get sick and make your eyes go funny?"
"I caught measles," said the grownup.
"That's impossible. Nobody catches measles but li'l kids."
"I must be Nobody then," said the grownup. "I never had measles as a kid and I didn't know I missed out on the vaccines until I got really sick. I've been blind for twenty years, but my special doctors say they can give me brand new eyes."
"Wow. That's cool! Are you gonna have super-vision from them?"
"I'll settle for being able to watch TV, honestly."
"Dair..." there was Momma. Calling him. "The nurses are ready to show you to your new room."
Diar hopped off their chair, careful of the knots in their insides. They had to ask all about measles and what it could do to grownups besides spots.
[AN & PSA: You can easily look up exactly what kind of damage measles can do to a body. It's not as harmless as you might think it is. Take it from someone who could have died from it back in their childhood]
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