So I was home sick with strep throat my husband had taken the day off to be with me. Our littles were with my parents for the day, his parents were living with us at the time but had gone out of town for the weekend.
As I said I was sick with strep throat and running fever! My husband and I were sitting on the couch watching a movie together when I started shivering…..I knew it must be fever so I grabbed the thermometer and laid across his lap asking him to take my temperature! As he was in the process of taking my temperature….in walked his parents! 😳🫣
Talk about embarrassing and awkward….my in-loves walked in the front door! I just froze, I mean what else could I have done….i had a thermometer in my bottom! My mother-n-love caught on and quickly ushered my father-n-love out of the room! I jumped up, pulled up my britches and ran for my bedroom almost in tears from embarrassment! My in-loves were very sweet and apologetic over the situation!
My temp was almost 103. so my husband sent me down to our bedroom (for privacy of course) and came down to give me a Tylenol 3 suppository 🥺😢!
What’s even more awkward is the fact that now they know how I take my temperature!
My mother-n-love says I should not be embarrassed or ashamed that it’s perfectly fine to take my temperature that way and she hasn’t told a soul, nor has my father-n-love!
They know when to keep things private 🤫!
Not that I did anything wrong but; my “secret” is safe with them!
Another embarrassing rectal temperature moment was when I was in the 6th grade I had gone to stay the weekend with my “big brother” (he was a really close family friend we went to church with) he was a sophomore in college! I went to spend a weekend with him and ended up getting sick at my stomach. He called another family friend who happened to be our family doctor and he advised him to take my temperature; yep you guessed it, rectally!
So here is the story……
Like I said I had gone to spend the weekend with my “big brother”….he came and picked me up from school and took me back home with him. He lived about an hr or so away! Anyways my parents had gone out of town to go be with my grandparents; my grandmother was having a quadruple heart bypass surgery! So anyways; to protect identities we will call my “brother” Trent. Trent and I went to eat; I got to choose the restaurant (it’s fun to be the baby sister and get spoiled 😊).
All was well I had not felt sick at all….but we got back to his house. We were to meet up with his 2 roommates; Hunter and Case and go watch a movie! Well while we were waiting for Case to get home I started to feel sick at my stomach!🥺🤢 At first we thought it might be food poisoning but 1. Trent ate the same thing I did and he didn’t feel sick in the least. And 2. Food poisoning doesn’t hit that fast. Anyways I started throwing up and shivering cold….Trent touched my forehead and said; “oh baby girl you are burning up!” 🥵 that’s when he called our family doctor who then advised him to take my temperature and to take it rectally!
Being 3 college guys they did not take their temps with that method so Hunter went out and brought a digital thermometer from the local Walgreens…. He brought it back and Trent said….”Baby Girl; I need to take your temperature and Dr. G said that it needs to go in your bottom!” I of course cried and tried to protest but Trent gently and calmly explained that it was going to be ok; he would be gentle and quick as possible! Dr. G was concerned that it might possibly be appendicitis and that a rectal temperature could help rule that out!
So after serious convening from all 3 boys; I reluctantly gave in and let them take my temperature! It was quite embarrassing b/c one; Trent was not my brother by blood 🩸 and I had just met (that day) Case and Hunter! Now they are seeing me in one of THE MOST VULNERABLE positions! Well so to conclude…..I DID NOT have appendicitis 🙏🏼Thank God; but just a bad stomach bug! I cried more when thinking I had just ruined these 3 guys weekend….but to my surprise; neither of them felt that way at all and neither of them wanted to leave my side for even a minute! They were attched to me and said I was their MOST FAVORITE LITTLE SISTER! They couldn’t think of anything they would rather do then to take care of me!
Well I spent the rest of the weekend and into Monday; throwing up my insides, and over one of their laps for temperature checks or suppositories.🥺😢
These 3 guys are now grown and married with children of their own…..they are 3 of THE BEST DADDYS IN THE WORLD to their littles and they Thank me for teaching them to be such good daddies by allowing them to take care of me when I was sick! 🤒 🤢!