Pillsbury Dough Boy

I think we have finally tracked down the cause of Errol’s month and a half long puffiness. Our amazing medical sleuth, Dr. Hunsinger, thinks that Errol is slightly anemic, which, when combined with his heart issues, makes him as puffy as the Pillsbury Dough boy. She gave me a highly detailed technical medial explanation of how iron helps oxygen bond to blood molecules. I’ve heard of blood. Now what’s this molecule thing again? I’ll translate her explanation into more understandable language. “Earl’s heart don’t work so good, boy needs iron lest he look like that ol’ cat when little Buddy put that hose up his behind.” The best natural way to get iron into the system is by eating prunes or calf liver (every family’s favorite), so we’ve opted for the unnatural way: supplements. We chose the Walgreen’s children’s iron supplement that comes packaged with the cryptic name, “My Kid’s Iron.” We hope that the brilliant Doctor Hunsinger’s is correct in her diagnosis (she always is), and we can’t wait ‘til the supplements kick in, and we have our sweet little anemic Earl healthy and with all the puffiness ironed out! Thank you Doctor Hunsinger.