# munchkin girl is sick... on her birthday!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 15, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchkin-girl-is-sick-on-her-birthday/175446 "2003-05-15T14:55:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchkin-girl-is-sick-on-her-birthday/175446/1 "2003-05-15T14:55:07Z")

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Well the munchkin turns 2 today and it should be a happy day!!!

but… when she got up we discovered she’d thrown up in the middle of the night and now has a mild fever. So we sit reading the dope together…

I’d much rather she was her giggling, running, destroy the house, normal self ☹

She’s been rooked!

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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchkin-girl-is-sick-on-her-birthday/175446/2 "2003-05-15T15:05:47Z")

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Sorry to hear about th munchkin. Hope she has a happy birthday anyway. You’ve reminded me of my own tale of woe and poor timing.

When I was six, my family went on vacation for two weeks in Hawaii. On the plane, my parents noticed I had some red blotches. You guessed it, I had the chicken pox.

Yay! I spent the first week of the vacation shut up inside under quarantine, itching and scratching. Then my 10-month-old sister caught them from me, and spent the rest of the vacation screaming.

Then my mom broke her foot.

Then there was a tropical storm for the second week of the vacation, so when I could finally go outside again, it was pouring rain.

Sometimes things don’t work out quite right.

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**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchkin-girl-is-sick-on-her-birthday/175446/3 "2003-05-15T15:09:32Z")

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Awwwhhhhhhh poor munchkin ☹

**HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MUNCH** though :D… hope she’s feeling better soon.