Back when it was fun (almost) to be sick:

  The ailing child was ensconced in the living room on the long, long couch draped with a Disney Characters sheet, and adorned  with  pillows specially encased in Peanuts pillowcases.  There was unrestricted access to television, and the long couch allowed Mom to be there if the illness extended into the night.
   It's a testament to the passage of time when memory harks back to favorable memories of being sick, but that's what life does to you.