wet dream. . .in a way

Last night, I had a dream. My dream was most likely Katrina inspired, but it seems weird since that's kinda old news. Oh well. My dream was this: I was on a dock or pier or patio or something consisting of wood slats attached to a building and with a ladder attached. Everywhere around me water was swirling and rushing as the area was flooded. Joey came swimming up, and he had Ethan. He lifted Ethan up to me (Ethan was much smaller than actual size), and then climbed up the ladder. As he was climbing up the ladder, I realized Ethan wasn't breathing. I asked Joey, "Is he dead?" That seems like kind of a dumb question in retrospect, but you know how dreams are. Joey said, "Yep," in that tight little way he has of saying something when he's really really upset and wants to be screaming and ranting but can't because he needs to be nice to the person he's talking to. I started screaming, "NO! NO!" and crying and rocking just like those annoying women do on medical dramas when the doctor tells them their child didn't make it. I always hate that on TV, you wouldn't think I'd do it in my own dream. Then, I realized that this was a dream and I didn't have to settle for this crappy outcome. So I stopped screaming, and either Joey or I (I don't remember which) tried to do CPR, but there was too much water blocking his airway, so I did a kind of modified heimleich maneuver on him, and after 4 or 5 pushes, Ethan started coughing up water! After he finished coughing it up, he was perfectly fine. No brain damage or anything! How lucky! Suddenly, I awoke because my nose started running. Ah, sick dreams. So vivid. Thanks to all the peeps out there who collaborated to get me sick, by the way. I really appreciate it. I've heard that if you dream that someone you know died, it means fortune will soon be smiling on them. I hope that's true! Of course, he didn't die permanently, so what does that mean? Eh. Probably just one of those crazy sick dreams. Dreaming is always so much more interesting when you have a fever! YAY!