Doctor Box, or, How to heal a cat.
Sooooo, Isaac had a banner Christmas. He got tons of loot, and although it took him some time to get into the whole opening thing, he got the hang of it in the end, and ended up opening some of mine, and many of Noelle's gifts too.

Of course, some humorous situations have arisen from some of the gifts, especially the "Let's Play Veterinarian" kit that came from, you guessed it, Jonathan and Jess (or more precisely, Jess and Jonathan). It contains a toy IV drip, several bandages, forceps, scissors, tweezers, a bottle of vitamins, a toy syringe, and lots of documentation, including prescription pages, and a set of two different X-Rays, one of an animal's paw, showing it broken, and the other of an animal's abdomen, clearly showing a baseball that has been swallowed.

It is, needless to say, comprehensive, and Isaac, who is a little unclear on the difference between Doctors and Vets (sorry Jess), refers to it as his "Doctor Box."

So today, Daddy was sick of being the patient, so he suggested that Isaac treat a small stuffed toy cat. "Kitty is sick," I told him. "You had better make him better."

So what follows, is Isaac's step by step instructions for healing a sick cat, as determined by observation.

1. Administer IntraVeinous drip, so as to restore lost fluids.
2. Palpate the abdomen vigorously, and I mean VIGOROUSLY, with a pair of forceps.
3. Try and cut the abdomen open with inadequately sharpened scissors.
4. Pick the cat up by one leg using the forceps, and drop on the ground from a height of about 1 1/2 feet.
5. Repeat step 4, 4-5 times.
6. Announce, "Kitty is better."
7. Take it gently in your arms, and rock it to sleep singing "Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep little kitty."

Voila! Kitty is healed.

More later.