So, when I was a preschooler, I had appendicitis. My pediatrician had a usual diagnostic for that for very young kids: he would ask them to jump up & down, because kids with appendicitis are in enough pain that they won't do it.
He made the mistake of explaining this (to my mother, but in front of me). So he asked me to jump up and down, and I was NOT going to go to the hospital, no sirree, so I jumped up and down without flinching. Got sent home with a lollipop and a freshly ruptured appendix.
GO ME.
Ended up with an emergency appendectomy and a much longer hospital stay because of it, but at least my parents learned you had to be very careful what you said in front of me....
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He made the mistake of explaining this (to my mother, but in front of me). So he asked me to jump up and down, and I was NOT going to go to the hospital, no sirree, so I jumped up and down without flinching. Got sent home with a lollipop and a freshly ruptured appendix.
GO ME.
Ended up with an emergency appendectomy and a much longer hospital stay because of it, but at least my parents learned you had to be very careful what you said in front of me....