[firewalk]

I had mumps when I was very young. It was horrible.

[lysie]

Yeah, but whopping cough was far, far worse.

At age 8, I thought I was going to die.

[sageb1]

The worst part was my my father came home from work and called me "chipmunk" and I started to cry. You did not want to cry when you had the mumps. It made it hurt worse.