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Unappreciated Hero 3

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"You have to go."
"No, I don't want to."
"You are sick, you have to go to hospital."
"No, Mom. If I sleep for a bit, I will be better."
"Stop being stubborn and let's go to hospital."
"No, I don't want to. Why won't you listen?"
"Why don't you want to go to hospital?"
"I am just tired. The pain will go away."
"OK, you can sleep for a bit, but if it does not improve we are going to the hospital."
"OK, OK, whatever."
Kevin sleeps for hours, but he wakes up in much more pain. As he wakes up he notices something is off. He is not in his room. He has tubes in his arm. He can hear the beeping of the heart monitor. He is in hospital and his mom is sleeping beside him. He feels his head; he has a bandage on."
"Well, well, good evening; how are you feeling my son?"
Hs mom stands up and tries to feel for his temperature just as she has always done when he was sick.
"Not too bad."
"Mom, what happened?"
"Well it was more serious than you thought. I asked your sister to call you for supper and she found you on the floor. You had a high fever and were vomiting all over the place. We had to call the neighbors to help carry you. You have a viral infection."
He holds his head. Looks at his mom and says,

"Thanks mom."

There is nothing like a mother's love


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