Medicinal Logic

Gwen: Hey, Mom. I forgot about your blue pill. It's three times a day. Do you want to take it?

Mom: Oh, yeah. Three times a day for three days?

Gwen: No, it's not the antibiotic. It's the pill that helps with the stinging. [Mom still won't say something hurts. It "stings."]

Mom: [holds pill and ponders] I don't think I need it.

Gwen: Because the one you took this morning worked and it doesn't sting???

Ev: [silently flees down the hallway]

Mom: [swallows pill] Don't argue with your nurse.

Postscript: It only worked once. No blue pill taken at bedtime. I told Mom it's good she's never been psychotic, because she's the kind of person who would take her anti-psychotic meds, feel better as a result, then stop taking them. She said, "Hmph."