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So the middle one came to me this morning covered in an itchy red rash that looked like measles (I didn't think for a minute that it was measles, just that it looked like it -- for reference) at about 8:30. She had swollen lymph nodes in her armpits, swollen tonsils, and swollen glands on the sides of her neck. So obviously a trip to a medical professional is in our near future, because in a five-year-old these can be symptoms of some serious medical conditions.
My mother-in-law suffers from hypochondria-by-proxy, and waxed on about what the child might have wrong with her. My research suggested mono, since she actually was displaying symptoms of this (rash, swollen glands, sore throat, fatigue), which is odd enough in a child that age, but not so much if said child has a tendency to put anything and everything in her mouth, such as ABC gum from under the table at restaurants. MIL dismissed this possibility out of hand, and plunged into her own list of possibilities:
Cat Scratch Fever - because we have cats that she doesn't like, even though the child was displaying no symptoms
Toxicity - because she had just added chemicals to the pool and the child may have gone swimming. (ME: She didn't go swimming yesterday. MIL: She might have snuck out when you weren't looking. ME: She didn't sneak out and go swimming yesterday. MIL: Becky, did you sneak out and go swimming yesterday? ME: SHE DIDN'T GO SWIMMING YESTERDAY. I SAID SHE DIDN'T GO SWIMMING YESTERDAY, AND I WOULD KNOW IF SHE HAD GONE SWIMMING YESTERDAY. *note* Both of Becky's swimming suits were at MIL's house, not ours, where the pool is.)
Allergic reaction - Not saying it wasn't one, but it was the continued rejection of anything I might have said it was that made this suggestion annoying.
The doctor we went to is way across town, like 40 miles to get there, but DAMN was it worth it. We didn't have an appointment, so I was dreading the wait. There was none. I was able to fill out the paperwork online, at home. When I got there I only had to give them my ID, insurance card and payment info for copying and processing. While I filled out the shortest health and family health history sheet I've ever seen a nice lady brought me a cup of coffee that was to die for, and Becky went into the theatre to watch Wall*E. They have free slushies, snacks, coffee, wide screen TV in all the examining rooms, in case you have to wait more than five minutes, apparently. We didn't use ours, since I was using the free wifi. And in all that, I didn't even have time to finish my 8oz cup of coffee (glorious, heavenly coffee!) before we left.
Oh, and there's a prescription drug vending machine in the lobby.
My mother-in-law suffers from hypochondria-by-proxy, and waxed on about what the child might have wrong with her. My research suggested mono, since she actually was displaying symptoms of this (rash, swollen glands, sore throat, fatigue), which is odd enough in a child that age, but not so much if said child has a tendency to put anything and everything in her mouth, such as ABC gum from under the table at restaurants. MIL dismissed this possibility out of hand, and plunged into her own list of possibilities:
Cat Scratch Fever - because we have cats that she doesn't like, even though the child was displaying no symptoms
Toxicity - because she had just added chemicals to the pool and the child may have gone swimming. (ME: She didn't go swimming yesterday. MIL: She might have snuck out when you weren't looking. ME: She didn't sneak out and go swimming yesterday. MIL: Becky, did you sneak out and go swimming yesterday? ME: SHE DIDN'T GO SWIMMING YESTERDAY. I SAID SHE DIDN'T GO SWIMMING YESTERDAY, AND I WOULD KNOW IF SHE HAD GONE SWIMMING YESTERDAY. *note* Both of Becky's swimming suits were at MIL's house, not ours, where the pool is.)
Allergic reaction - Not saying it wasn't one, but it was the continued rejection of anything I might have said it was that made this suggestion annoying.
The doctor we went to is way across town, like 40 miles to get there, but DAMN was it worth it. We didn't have an appointment, so I was dreading the wait. There was none. I was able to fill out the paperwork online, at home. When I got there I only had to give them my ID, insurance card and payment info for copying and processing. While I filled out the shortest health and family health history sheet I've ever seen a nice lady brought me a cup of coffee that was to die for, and Becky went into the theatre to watch Wall*E. They have free slushies, snacks, coffee, wide screen TV in all the examining rooms, in case you have to wait more than five minutes, apparently. We didn't use ours, since I was using the free wifi. And in all that, I didn't even have time to finish my 8oz cup of coffee (glorious, heavenly coffee!) before we left.
Oh, and there's a prescription drug vending machine in the lobby.