First ER Visit
Okay - enough of that depresso-post. I am revitalising my search for childcare options and have a couple of new leads.
On the advice of the Nurse Hotline, we took LM to the ER last night after his fever went up again to 103 despite copious Tylenol. They had no real advice except to wait it out, although they did rule out a UTI. His fever raged on today until Advil finally got it down to around 100 this evening, prompting him to eat two blueberries and half a cracker - his first solids since yesterday morning. Hopefully it lasts.
The ER wait wasn't too awful - just two hours; at least there was some decent people-watching to be done. The saddest case I saw were two twin boys with the most hideous sunburns. One of them was just shrieking and writhing in agony until they cut off his clothes, revealing a splashing of water-filled blisters on his shoulders. He felt much better after that but his mother was still in tears. Then there was the woman demanding they pay her cab fare home after she dropped off her child and grandchild... the nurse shut down that request pretty fast.
I didn't like the branding everywhere - every time I looked at the TV or flipped open a book in the waiting area I was confronted by that ubiquitous pair, Dora and Diego. I have no idea who these two little munchkins are, but they bug the crap out of me. And they are plastered all over every piece of sports equipment, every linen, and every car seat accessory at Toys 'r' Us, and everywhere else. I had to hunt high and low to find a seat for the toilet so that LM doesn't have to poop on a seat splattered with Dora's mug.
But my adventures in EC are a tale for another day - back to the ER: I also kind of resent the resident in jeans. I can live with the Crocs, since, I don't know - maybe it gets messy. But you're a doctor - can't you afford some cargo pants at least? I guess I'm old-fashioned but I feel like I trust the advice of someone more when they're wearing something other than Levis. I mean it's one thing for a homebirth midwife on call at 3a.m. to show up in her Lululemons, but quite another when you're actually on shift.
Anyway, I'm going to go check on my feverish boy and be off to bed since there wasn't a lot of sleeping done last night.
On the advice of the Nurse Hotline, we took LM to the ER last night after his fever went up again to 103 despite copious Tylenol. They had no real advice except to wait it out, although they did rule out a UTI. His fever raged on today until Advil finally got it down to around 100 this evening, prompting him to eat two blueberries and half a cracker - his first solids since yesterday morning. Hopefully it lasts.
The ER wait wasn't too awful - just two hours; at least there was some decent people-watching to be done. The saddest case I saw were two twin boys with the most hideous sunburns. One of them was just shrieking and writhing in agony until they cut off his clothes, revealing a splashing of water-filled blisters on his shoulders. He felt much better after that but his mother was still in tears. Then there was the woman demanding they pay her cab fare home after she dropped off her child and grandchild... the nurse shut down that request pretty fast.
I didn't like the branding everywhere - every time I looked at the TV or flipped open a book in the waiting area I was confronted by that ubiquitous pair, Dora and Diego. I have no idea who these two little munchkins are, but they bug the crap out of me. And they are plastered all over every piece of sports equipment, every linen, and every car seat accessory at Toys 'r' Us, and everywhere else. I had to hunt high and low to find a seat for the toilet so that LM doesn't have to poop on a seat splattered with Dora's mug.
But my adventures in EC are a tale for another day - back to the ER: I also kind of resent the resident in jeans. I can live with the Crocs, since, I don't know - maybe it gets messy. But you're a doctor - can't you afford some cargo pants at least? I guess I'm old-fashioned but I feel like I trust the advice of someone more when they're wearing something other than Levis. I mean it's one thing for a homebirth midwife on call at 3a.m. to show up in her Lululemons, but quite another when you're actually on shift.
Anyway, I'm going to go check on my feverish boy and be off to bed since there wasn't a lot of sleeping done last night.
posted by grass @ 10:05 PM
2 Comments:
At 5:41 AM ,
kaitlyn said...
Totally with you on the whole Dora and Diego thing, and even more so about the Princesses. It's sooo hard to find anything for kids that isn't some sort of brand. We just got a run-of-the-mill potty, I think it's safety first but no brands. Leila has some Dora clothes and shoes and books, mostly gifts. But I try to keep as much nonbrand stuff around as possible. Despite being saturated with Dora at every outing and obviously exclaiming "Dora!" when she sees her, she's never been too interested in her. Now Nemo? That's another story entirely, as the girl loves that little fish. Also, I'm interested to hear your tales of EC.
At 2:30 PM ,
linds said...
I hope that LM is feeling better soon! That is scary for him to feel feverish for so long and I feel awful for those boys with such bad sun burns!!!! :S it makes me cringe! Where was the good ol' spf????
I think I am out of the loop here, what is EC?? All these abbreviations, I tell you. :P
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