adventures with a middle child

Black widow spider, found by none other than our in-house nature buff, C. I didn't believe that it could really be a black widow, but he looked it up on Google (his favorite pastime, researching on the internet) and sure enough, we had a black widow at the bottom of our basement stairs. C kept it as a pet for a day, even feeding another spider to it, but then I insisted he destroy the creature.

C has had a nasty cough for over two weeks now. He often gets coughs that hold on for a while, but this one didn't seem to be letting go. On our way home from church last night, C said that one of my friends, who happens to be a nurse, heard him coughing and said she thought he might need antibiotics. So, I gave in and took him to the doctor this morning. A breathing treatment and chest X-ray later, I was informed that C has pneumonia! What? Pneumonia? Yep! He is now on two different inhalers and antibiotics. Does this mean the Mother of the Year award illudes me for yet ANOTHER year?