My previous life

A couple days ago I received a phone call from a friend, asking for advice related to her sick child.  The boy had a lingering fever despite the fever-reducing medication that had been administered, and she was wondering if she should call the doctor or wait until morning in hopes that the fever break.

The strangest thing about the phone call was that I was the one receiving it.  My friend's child is a toddler, and I am the parent of a daughter who is less than a year old.  I can't remember...