You can call it whatever you like but I think I'm finally getting better at this mom stuff. Some of you may know, I'm not one to rush off to the doctor for a stuffy little nose or the slightest cough. No way, they're not getting my copay just for some prescription they think might clear it up. But I think I deserve a pat on the back for this one (well, sort of).
Katelyn has had a runny nose for a week now, and her pour little face is just rubbed raw from always wiping it away. She is teething (6 coming in at her 1 year appointment) so I just figured it was a side effect of that. However Tuesday it turned green so I promptly made an appointment for yesterday because we are leaving for Disneyland in 10 days and don't want anything like that for Thanksgiving at all. Sick kids are hard for holidays, but traveling with them is almost unbearable for me.
The doctor walks in the room, and Katelyn immediately tugs at her ear and coughs. Neither of which she has been doing at home. It couldn't be more on cue at all. That never happens, the symptoms usually go dormant at the sound of walking into the doctor's office. Anyway she gets done doing all her inputting and starts to check her over. She discovered she has a slight ear infection (which she said has only been about a day or so) and her cough is not in her lungs yet, but gave me a prescription for it if it dropped any lower. Since she had RSV last February the slightest cough goes straight to her chest which she said will happen till she's about 2.
So for once I got it right. She will be done with her meds just in time for the trip, hopefully with a clean bill of health. It was more of a precaution visit than anything but it finally paid off. And the best thing is that I was in and out and back home in an hour. That never happens either!!
Sidebar: At her 1 year she weighed in at 17 lbs 12 oz. And at this visit, 18 lbs 2 oz. That's a whole 6 ounces in 6 weeks. Just a tiny petite thing. Oh well.
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It's definately so hard to know. I'm a big fan of calling the nurse line. I always think ok Kason is 4 you would think I would know what I was doing by now. But sure enough...I still don't. I'm glad you took her in so she can feel better for Disneyland. Kason missed you guys this week. He woke up on Wed and said..."Mom I didnt see Kelsey yesterday!"
GOOD JOB MOMMY!! You have great mommy skills! Hope she feels better soon! PS - have fun at Disney! Would you guys be interested in a joint family Disney trip in January or February? Auri wants to "make her dreams come true" (totally came up with that on her own...)
I am the same way, don't take kids to the Dr. just for a little cold. Hooray for Mother's Intuition!!! I had a similair experience when Hannah was almost 4. We too, were about to leave on a trip (flying to Az.) and Hannah had had what I thought was just a cold. Well, a few days before we were to leave, she said her ear hurt her. I asked her why her ear hurt, and she said it was because she bumped it. Well, I remembered how at her year check-up, Hannah was showing NO SIGNS of being sick, and I find out that she has a double ear infection!! So, remembering that, I made a Dr.'s appt. for her! So glad I did, she did end up having an ear infection and.... Bronchitis, which was so bad that the Dr. said it was almost at the beginnings of Pneumonia !! Hello!!! She wasn't even coughing!!! Boy did I feel like the worst Mother!!! Anyway, sorry about the book! Hope little Katelyn feels better soon!! Oh yeah, Chloe was small like Katelyn too!! Not anymore though. Tucker is my skinny guy, but he is tall!!
Wow, we defintely have little girls. She is super tiny though!!! They're getting up in a tizzy about Victoria being 17lbs, but then again she is only 10 months. So sad she can't face foward in the carseat yet:( I'm glad you took her in and it's nice to know your money went to good use. We have lots to catch up on so hopefully we'll talk soon. Love ya guys!
Yay Andrea!
I couldn't agree more with the symptoms disappearing the moment you touch the dr.s office door.
I didn't get it right one time when I was reading to little Monica and noticed the dried, crusty stuff from her ear. I suspected an ear infection of course, but 3 year old Monica said it didn't hurt any more. Wow! A burst ear drum and a clueless mommy are a bad combination. What is this thing you call "Mother's Intuition"?
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