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"H, go and eat," I said.

"But my nose and throat hurts when I drink."

"Do you have a sore throat?"

"Well...my nose hurt when I drank and then my throat also hurt."

I made him eat anyway because I wasn't going to contend with ahungry child just before bedtime.

"Ummi, maybe I have allergies!" he suggested.

"Hmmph," I replied.

I left them at the kitchen table, eating away.

H then came bounding still complaining of his nose.

Remembering that I will soon leave them over the weekend while hubby and I go to Chicago for the AlMaghrib class, I asked him,

"When did your nose and throat start hurting?"

"When I drank water."

"Does it feel better now?"

"When I drink water my nose hurt inside, but when I eat junk food my throat feels bettaw."

Hmmph! So much for worrying. I was going to bring him to the pediatrician before we leave so I won't be leaving a potentially sick kid behind.