Pinworms
*J is itching his butt*
Mema: Is your butt itchy?
J: My butt is always itchy.
Mema: Maybe you have worms.
J: Worms?
Mema: When my sister was younger, she had tiny little worms that laid eggs on her butt and they were super itchy.
J: *suddenly starting to get nervous* Well... how do you get them? What do they do?
Me: You get them from ingesting other people’s feces.
J: What is ingesting?
Mema: Eating.
J: What are feces?
Mema: Poop.
J: *surprised* WHAT?!
Mema: *reading from the internet* ...and they can also live on any surface for up to three weeks!
J: I... I... I... Do they do anything else?
Me: Yeah. They latch on to your intestines and use them to get sustenance.
J: What does that mean!?
Me: That the adults live in your guts and suck through your blood stream.
J: How do you not get them?!
Me and Mema: Wash your hands.
J: *starts dancing* I... am going to use the potty. And wash my hands really good. And make sure I don’t have worms.
*listens to him run upstairs*
*listens to him bolt downstairs*
J: *near tears* Your water is brown and I can’t go but I gotta go! *tries to put boots on but fails in his need* I’m going over to Gram’s! I don’t even care that my boots aren’t all the way on! *runs out the door*
Mema: We are so mean...
*both of us laugh*
