playing doctor

never underestimate what your kids pick up from your every day conversations.

ive been in the hospital a few times for platelet and blood transfusions this week. hayden knows i go to the doctor and make hospital visits. he doesnt really "get it', which is good...but i dont hide it from him either. i sort of "sugar coat" my chemo treatments. hes been in the office, and hes seen the chemo room; tho he has never seen me hooked up to anything. i introduced him to the nurses and they give him lots of atttention and donuts, etcetera. i tell him that i go there for medicine, and i watch tv and talk to my friends. so basicaly...he thinks chemo is fun. i want him to know where i go when i am away from him; but i dont want him to be scared of it either.

anyway...today i was listening to him pretend play. first he was playing with his diego figure and pretending to have a conversation with baby jaguar. this is what he had diego saying to baby jaguar...
"im going to make you better so youre not sick anymore. you have to take benadryl and tylenol, and also have your treatment 5 times today."
(hayden has an asthma treatment twice a day)

but thats not what i found interesting. this is what impressed me.

he was playing "doctor" with his doctor kit, and pretending that the pillow was his patient. he says to the pillow...
"im going to give you a shot now, because you have low blood platelets."

ok... i realize that neither of these play examples are that big of a deal. BUT it does show that kids pay attention. my platelets have been a big issue this week. i was in the hospital twice because of them. but we have never gotten that in detail with hayden about it. all we told him, was i needed medicine in the hospital.

so, im pretty impressed that my 4 year old is picking up on some of these things. maybe hell become an oncologist one day, and find a cure for cancer! who knows!?!?