Up in the night with fever and chills, and just chugged half a bottle of children’s Motrin. If you are a parent, push back your keyboard tray, find your children, and beseech them for forgiveness for ever making them drink that vile potion. I had to chug an entire can of Diet Coke to wash away the taste, which felt just a little too Old School to me.
Anyway, I really needed to know what was wrong with me, so I headed over to Dr. Northfield’s for a diagnosis. I am so totally not surprised.







08.24.04 at 01:17 AM |
Aww man, that sucks!! I hope you feel better soon, hon. Now get some rest, dammit!
08.24.04 at 02:31 AM |
Oh liquid Motrin is straight from hell! I did the same things when I had strep a couple of years ago. I begged my kids to forgive me through my fever induced haze and swore on my life I would never let that nasty stuff enter this house again. (And it never has!) Grape Advil isn’t nearly as bad (but still is rather nasty)
I hope you feel better soon, Mindy!
08.24.04 at 03:01 AM |
Had the same experience with liquid Benadryl. I did a double-take, checked the bottle to be sure I hadn’t picked up Liquid Plum’r by accident. gkgkgkgkggaaaaa.
08.24.04 at 04:08 AM |
Poor baby! I hope you’re feeling better today. (And I always buy the Walmart Equate bubblegum flavored ibuprofen.)
08.24.04 at 04:13 AM |
Yes! My daughter would look at me like I was trying to kill her. Finally I took a swig myself, and understood why. Well, get some rest, Mindy!
08.24.04 at 04:36 AM |
It’s definitely VILE stuff! Yucko! But I do hope you feel better!!!!!
08.24.04 at 06:49 AM |
My daughter tried it once, then ran to the other end of the apartment. We now use the chewable Children’s Motrin tablets and she’ll take it NO problem.
08.24.04 at 08:32 AM |
Let me suggest bourbon instead of the whole Motrin thing. I mean, it doesn’t actually do anything but you could care less.
I hope you feel better soon Mindy
08.24.04 at 08:33 AM |
I’m sorry to hear that you have Mommy’s Syndrome, Mindy, but at least you don’t have Rockchild’s Disease like me.
I’m still waiting to grow my wings!
08.24.04 at 09:00 AM |
just say no to liquid motrin. Contrary to popular theory the stuff that is marketed for kids, tastes HORRID.
If you are going to chug something nasty with a chaser, I say you get some vodka and nyquil and knock yourself out.
Hope you feel better soon!
08.24.04 at 09:39 AM |
Ooh, Nyquil. Totally worth the nasty taste for the great buzz.
08.24.04 at 02:54 PM |
Hmmmm… wondering what Mindy’s been up to that she’s ‘not supposed to do again’ to get cured?
08.24.04 at 03:35 PM |
Hope you are feeling better, Mindy !