As the parent of a medically fragile, chronically ill child, I think perhaps I will just quietly (as I can) back away from this post. For some reason the stomach flu no longer qualifies as being 'sick' in my book. If it can be survived with out a PICU stay, time spent circling the drain and a zillion dollar co-pay, then karma has indeed been kind. Although now that I think about it, perhaps it has been my superior parenting skills and overwhelming OCD tendencies that have kept my kid alive....despite what the doctors first predicted.