Well, I played the mommy guessing game again and I lost. . . again. The whole "do they need to go into the doctor or will a little rest and Tylenol take care of business" guessing game drives me batty! I'm good with the extremes: pink eye is identifiable to me. Fever for four days straight--once again I can make the call. Distended belly and continual pain. . . well I missed that one and went in a little late. (See posts in march for our hospital experience.)
Penny was up screaming many times last night. Gary (bless him!) took most of the shifts. She was so upset and irrational. She complained about her ear hurting and had a very low fever--taken after she was given Tylenol--with a running nose and dark watery eyes. Gary and I debated and decided to go in today rather than chance things at urgent care tonight. We waited for over an hour and a half and learned that Penny is indeed sick: she has a cold. Sweet! I feel like such a tool when I go in for those visits. Just three weeks ago we were there with Penny when I thought she had a urinary tract infection. Nope, she spent too much time in the tub and was irritated. They did offer me some special cream though. Argh!
I kept apologizing to nurse practitioner Amy today. (What do I call her in front of my kids? She isn't nurse Amy nor is she Doctor Amy or Doctor Robins. More confusion!) I wish I had one of those ear looky things and knew what to look for so that I could know when to go in or not. Can I get an Amen?!?
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I pretty much asked for one of the ear lights and the wouldn't tell me how to get one. I'm at about 70%accuracy for ear infections for my four kids. I'm 0 for 2 on the UTIs. I was just agonizing over this exact decision regarding Andrew tonight and decided I'll need to call in the morning. I hate the guessing game too!
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