“Children are walking germs,” my neurologist told me when he learned by accident that I was volunteering at Peanut’s school. He has two of his own and knows Peanut well. He didn’t mean it in a bad way, just as a warning.

Someone like me who is on immune suppressant medications shouldn’t be around a large group of children. What do you do then when your own child is sick?

There’s not much really. You wash your hands until they’re dried up prunes. You may even wear a mask around her. But in the end, you know you’re going to catch it. And that I did.

I now have the cough, cold, stuffy nose, sneezy, head hurting, energy sapping sickness that Peanut had. Back to bed so I can get to sleep again. It hurts to type, to look at this screen and even to sit up.

See you when I’m feeling better…