Friday, July 21, 2006

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In the middle of night, I was somehow waken up. I seemed to remember hearing Yaya saying "mommy, I want some water.... do you need some time to wake up, i will wait.." But then i could not figure out whether it was real or it was just my dream. I leaned over to touch her forhead, it was cool. She did not move or say anything, so i told myself that it must have been my dream. Before i fell asleep again, Yaya began to cough, not too bad, but coughed several times. I called her name, she did not respond. I tried again to fall back to sleep but was quite bothered that she still kept coughing. "yaya, do you need something?" "yeah, mommy, I was waiting for you to wake up and get me some water, because i felt very thirsty" This time, she answered me. Oh, it was really her. I got up and got her a cup of water, and she finished right away. Then we went to bathroom, she began to act as if she had completely awake, trying to initiate conversation with me. "It is still very late, go back to sleep" I tucked her back in. Yes, it was only midnight. I lay down beside her. She was not falling asleep yet, I could tell by her constant rolling back and forth. I tried not to make any sound, in the hope that she would give up in a while. Then she began the cough thing again, it was real cough, I had to say. Then I heard her weeping..

"yaya, why are you crying?"
After a little while, "I am sad"
"what makes you sad?"
"I drank a lot of water already, but i am still thirsty"
Oh, why cry over water?
"it's OK, mommy will go bring another cup of water for you, you wait here, OK?"
"OK, mommy"
I brought another cup, she almost finished again. Then I put a sippy cup beside her pillow, filled with water, and told her" it is OK if you want more water, mommy put a sippy cup here for you, OK?"
Finally, she was happy. This time, she lay down there without any sound, no cough anymore.

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