suspicious shimmer

FROM "JUST LAUGH"
Last week Ashtyn got sick with a sinus infection and double ear infection. The poor guy was miserable. He began running a fever last Sunday along with coughing and runny nose. At first, I just gave him cold medicine and tylenol but after his fever persisted for three days I made an appointment with his pediatrician. When we went to the doctor's office they looked in his nose, throat and ears and prescribed him an antibiotic. We drove back to town, filled the prescription and went home to begin administering Ashtyn his meds and hoping he would feel better soon. After one full day of taking his antibiotic Ashtyn was fever free but still felt pretty miserable. His nose was still clogged and his eyes were tired and droopy. He had that "sick" look. Late one evening, he was really beginning to get over tired and desperately needed to go to bed. He was whiny and weepy and every little thing upset him. He was watching cartoons on my bed and I was in the living room. He came walking down the hall pinching his pointer finger and whimpering. I asked him what was wrong and he said he thought he had a splinter. I wasn't sure how in the world he would get a splinter from sitting on my bed watching TV but I took a look anyway. I didn't see anything. I asked what had happened and he just said "When I pinch my finger right here really hard it hurts..." (I have to admit it was hard not to chuckle!) I tried to explain to Ashtyn that he shouldn't pinch his finger and that if he pushes hard anywhere it will hurt. He was irrational though and didn't quite grasp what I was saying. He retreated back to my bedroom only to reappear moments later this time complaining that ALL of his fingertips were hurting. He insisted that I put a bandaid on each and every one of them. I tried my best to let Ashtyn down easy and explain that he does not need a bandaid on any of his fingers not to mention all of them but he was just crying and unable to understand. We talked back and forth for awhile and somehow (I'm still not sure how...) Ashtyn got the idea that putting his hands in water might help his "situation". Hmmmmm. So, anyway, I encouraged him to try it (grasping at anything that might help his finger pain phobia to pass) and off he went to the bathroom to rinse his hands. I heard the sink go on and then off and then I didn't hear or see Ashtyn again. I assumed the water must have done the trick and sorta pushed the situation from my mind. A little while later Ashtyn came RUSHING down the hallway, nearly frantic and holding both his hands, palm up, out in front of him. He was glancing from his hands and them back up at me and breathing heavily. His voice shaky, he said to me "My hands are shining! If I look at them really close they are sparkly!" What???? At first, I thought "no they're not..." but Ashtyn looked so upset that I couldn't help but be worried. Then almost instantly, I had a "mom worry"...it popped into my head that Ashtyn had recently started a new antibiotic and so, as my heart sank, I thought to myself "OH NO! He's halucinating! I have to call the doctor!" While these thoughts are racing through my head Ashtyn is still standing in front of me frantic, glancing at his hands and nearly shouting "They're shining! They're shining!" I jumped up from my chair and grabbed both Ashtyn's hands looking closely at them and squinting my eyes to determine what was going on. It all happened so fast! It took just a second for my heart to return to a normal pace, my stomach to stop churning and for a laugh to pass through my lips!! Little did I know, that when Ashtyn went into the bathroom earlier in the evening to "rinse his hands in miracle pain stopping water" that he had actually washed his hands using soap. When I saw his "shiny" hands I knew instantly what had happened. He had used my scented Bath and Body Works hand soap that came complete with built in shimmers! HA!!!! Poor Ash. He was so worried that we were about to take a trip to the Emergecy Room and all he needed was a good hand washing with some non-girly soap!!! Oh my...