Mr. Stubborn

Who says Owen isn't smart? I'd like to meet them, and more importantly, let them spend some time with this Mr. man.

Owen is being rather stubborn since his surgery last week. His recovery was much easier in the beginning, and has been a bit rough the last few days. Owen takes medicine everyday for a couple things. He is a good medicine taker (Thank you, God). He has even come to terms with taking his antibiotics well. Which is good, since he is always on them.

And then surgery. Everything has changed. It was shortly after we came home that he decided he was no longer taking any medicine. I get it, his throat hurts. I don't blame him. So, pain meds, they would be good, right? Wrong. Spits them out, if I can come near to get them in. Even his daily medicines are being refused. Coat his throat with ice cream as a number first? Sounds good, but that was a no go. Put it in his yogurt or pudding? Sure, if he would still have some. And we sometimes will pin him down cause he needs meds, but not now. I know how he is hurting, and the crying that comes from that just increases the pain.

So, I figured a milkshake! I really believe they are the answer to most of life's questions. I would put the pain meds in the shake. So, Jason requested strawberry, and I blended them up! One for both boys, and one for me. We sat down and watched some tv before bed, drinking our shakes. Owen takes a few sips of his, and has a look on his face, that says - Mom, what did you do? So, ignoring the look, I said, yummy yummy shake! And then we were all saying cheers and clanking our cups. The little sneak then picked my glass up, I thought to hand it to me to do more cheers, and he takes a sip! He wanted to see if his shake tasted different than mine. Cause he knew what I did. Clever little man. He still did drink more than half his shake, so it was a little victory for me.

I tried the same thing today, with his antibiotic and a chocolate shake. No such luck today. He is on to my trick, so I guess I will have to come up with something new. Don comes home tomorrow, and I am hoping that he will be so happy to see his daddy, that he will take the meds from him.