For a while now, even before getting the stomach flu, she was complaining about her stomach and head hurting all the time. Well, it's now Monday....which is also her b-day......and she threw up a tiny amount this morning. How do you tell if it's something that has to run it's course and when it's something that requires a trip to the doctors. I don't go running to the doctors every time they have a cough or the sniffles. I hate going to the doctor with my "Terrible Two" and wasting a $30 co-pay. Not to mention the waste of time by having to wait the 1 1/2 hours in the waiting room just to spend 10 minutes with a doctor. Plus I can never get in with our doctor because he's always booked up.
She's been missing alot of school lately due to not feeling well. I'm starting to feel like a trip to the doctor is in order, but am dreading it. I've felt frustrated from my last couple trips to the doctors. I haven't been able to see my Dr. and the ones I did have to see didn't want to listen or investigate symptoms any further then telling me "it's viral". Seems as though any time they can't explain something or don't want to run any tests they just label it viral. Which the test part is weird because most Drs. are always pushing having tests done or at least sending you to a specialist.
As we speak Deb is laying on the couch in a comatose state. My house is trashed from the weekend and I know if I go I won't be able to get everything done today.....sigh. I've got a half hour until the doctors office opens and can call to decide what I'm going to do.
I hate Mondays. I wonder who I can call to watch the "Terrible Two" for me?....ponder.....ponder.....ponder.
Got her in at 1:10 this afternoon. Unfortunately our Dr. is out of town this week but she's going to see a Dr. we've seen before and he's seems alright. Hopefully we'll get to the bottom of her stomach issues.
ReplyDeleteJust got back. He's putting her on some medicine for acid, which I thought she might have a problem with due to upset stomach in the morning and chronic coughing. He's checking her iron, white blood cells, and also a urine test. She goes back in two weeks to see how she's doing. He said if the acid goes untreated she could develop an ulcer. Yikes! Don't want that.
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