The Cold

John has a little head cold. Monday morning he woke up and said "Mommy is today a school day? Cause I can't go to school today. When I cough my neck hurts." I said I think you mean your throat. "Mommy, my throat hurts when I cough." I explained to John that he will take some medicine and go to school because he only has a cold. As I was getting him ready for school he says "Mommy I should be bed. My throat hurts when I cough." Again I explained to him that he had a cold and he had taken medicine. Also let me mention by this point in the morning he had only coughed once. While the cough did sound painful, he still only had a cold and no fever. I dropped him off at school and during my lunch break I ran to the store and got him some new medicine and special dissolving drops for his throat. Before bed we gave him the new medicine. He did not like it. "Mommy it makes my throat hurt. Don't get this kind again!" He does like the dissolving drops and I think that they are helping with his sore throat.