I guess we're missing thanksgiving.

[Regina Philange]

aw im sorry. I hope everyone feels better. Look forward to Christmas!

[joyhart02]

I'm sorry, I hope Edie gets well fast and you can run to the store today.

[dixeedeluxe]

We can't reschedule because my family is about 60 people (including kids). We rented a hall. There's bound to be some illness with all those people on any given day.

OK, guys. I'm about to do something sketchy, but I think it's best for my kid. Not just because I want her to go to Thanksgiving, but because I think she was mis (un) diagnosed.

History...Adeline had an ear infection and got Amoxicillian. 5ish days later, Edie got an ear infection and went on Ammoxicillian. Adeline finished her abx and was fine for about 5 days when I took her to Urgent Care because of HIGH fever and general malaise. They gave her Omnicef and she immediately felt better and has been fine since. Now Edie is following the EXACT same course. I'd taken her to the doc yesterday and the doc barely got to examine her at all and did not listen when I talked about the Hx with her sister who lives in the same house before she said "meh, virus, sorry boutcha".

In the meantime, my niece seemed to also be following the same course and has been sick for over a month. And now it turns out she has HFM which is an opportunistic infection. If they would've treated it, then she probably wouldn't have gotten this HFM.

I was sick all night sleeping next to Edie while she tossed and turned and talked (and walked) in her sleep because of her fever. I didn't know what I was going to do. I was ready to doctor shop until I found someone to give her abx. But Edie is 3 so she can be non compliant all on her own. I really did not know what to do.

Today I wake up and go downstairs to get Edie some juice. She'd had FOUR cups overnight. FOUR! Anyway, I looked at Adeline's old prescription bottle and I see....a refill. An abx refill. Not a thing, right?

So....

[raynes]

Aw man, I don't know what to say. How's she feeling today?

[dixeedeluxe]

"I feel so much better! I'm ready for Thanksgivin'"

But she still had a fever.

[rubber pants]

Use your mommy instinct. (or page rxbeth??)

[dixeedeluxe]

Oh, the provider we saw yesterday was also the provider who shamed me for not breastfeeding and diagnosed Adeline with "fussy infant". The one who wouldn't give a constantly fussy and vomitting NEWBORN any meds until we did a full GI workup while all over the world I see zantac (and such) given out so easily*.

*come to find out the doctor we LOVE there told us he would've given it to her because it's a normal sx in a newborn and it's painful (duh) and a newborn shouldn't have to deal with it.

[dixeedeluxe]

Nov 27, 2013 9:01:17 GMT -5 rubber pants said:

Use your mommy instinct. (or page rxbeth??)

haha, i don't wanna know!

i was going to ask our doctors here.  one i'm mentoring is an ER doc and awesome and young (maybe younger than me).  but i know that might put her in a wierd place professionally. 

i mean, srsly, 2 days before thanksgiving.  give the kid a prophalactic abx JUST IN CASE.  she's on abx maybe once a year (if you don't count the time she had the deep tissue wound from her cast).  i have enough medical knowledge to be dangerous and think i know more than the doctor.  correction, know more than THIS doctor.  not taking history into account is sloppy.  saying "everyone has this" really gets my goat especially with what i do for a living. 

[dixeedeluxe]

Nov 27, 2013 9:09:01 GMT -5 jamaicam said:

Is there any way at all you can get in to see the doctor you love there? If so, that would be my first choice of action.

Nope, I already called

He's not in today.

[joyhart02]

I would get her some amoxicillin any way you can. I think in this case it wouldn't hurt. I bet it will help her fever break and she will be better by tomorrow.

I would doctor shop.

[unclejesse]

Im so sorry, Dixee. MH just found out one of the chefs got sacked yesterday, and now they all have to pull a 15 hour day tomorrow. We were planning on going out to eat somewhere small, but now I think its just going to be A and me eating hot dogs and watching the dog show.

[dixeedeluxe]

Nov 27, 2013 9:22:19 GMT -5 unclejesse said:

Im so sorry, Dixee. MH just found out one of the chefs got sacked yesterday, and now they all have to pull a 15 hour day tomorrow. We were planning on going out to eat somewhere small, but now I think its just going to be A and me eating hot dogs and watching the dog show.

Nooooo

[jfh]

I'm so sorry Dixee! If I were in your shoes I'd probably do it. It's not ideal, but....

[PatBenatar]

I'm sorry Dixie. I hope she feels better soon

[dixeedeluxe]

Nov 27, 2013 9:44:45 GMT -5 jfh said:

I'm so sorry Dixee! If I were in your shoes I'd probably do it. It's not ideal, but....

Agreed.  This is not my normal line of thinking.  But, yeah.

[carawestt]

I'm sorry Dixee