H20 Power

It is amazing how many kids are magically cured with a "Would you like some water, sweetie?" in my nicest, most motherly voice. Today I cured a toothache and a stomachache in minutes apiece, and the majority of headaches are cured this way too.  This is one of those things, like asking the kid to try to go to the bathroom, that no one ever told me about school nursing but I wish someone had. The proportion of kids that go home after walking into my office is decreasing rapidly.