Oh wow we have had a crazy week!! As bad as I hate to talk about it we have come down with the "CRUD" It started about 2 weeks ago and Gage started coughing, it always makes me a little nervous when he gets sick because he has asthma and he seems to catch pneumonia with every cold he gets. He missed that Monday of school, but he was OK to go back for the rest of the week. He finally stopped coughing 4 days ago! Well then last Monday Angelee came down with it. It has been her first cold in a long time almost two years!!! On Tuesday she was fevering about 104.0
I decided to take her in to the doc. but ended up at urgent care (never again) they were so rude. I was keeping her temp down with showers and rags about every 2 hours we got in and let the water run down her face to get the snot out. I slacked off for about 5 hours :( When I went to put her in and her little hands were cold and blotchy so I thought she needed to be seen. I get her there and they take her back doc looks in ONE ear and
doc says "yep ear infection, have you given her anything for her fever?"
ME "NO she's never had any Tylenol EVER"
doc "Well her temp is close to seizure"
ME "Well let's do something about that, do you have any Tylenol?" because no mother wants to put their child in danger.
He literally walked out the room without saying anything to me and sent the m.a. in with some Tylenol.
That was it.....I walked out with a prescription and that was it....... As I walked past him he says "that ear will most likely rupture by the end of the day."
As I walked out the door tears came to my eyes, that was the most awful experience I've EVER had with a doc. and the fact that I caved and gave her Tylenol when I know that fevers are a good thing it's the bodies way of boosting the immune system. I could go on and on about fevers. I also know that febrile seizures are not that common and when they do seizure it's not a big deal.
Any way as I left I passed our chiropractor's office and thought "well he helped her chronic ear infections 2 years ago MAYBE he could do something this time." I walked in and they got her back right away.
The Doctor came in and he adjusted her picked her up and he listened to me cry about the Tylenol and he said "well I usually go by the 4-5 day rule if their not showing significant improvement, take other measures, that gives the body time to recognize the problem and approach it how it is meant to."
I love this guy!!!! The entire time he's talking to me he is cradling Ang. it was about 15 min of him reassuring me that that she's going to be fine. I was beating myself up pretty bad about the Tylenol,
he said "hun you are doing better than about 99% of parents out there, you are making her body take action and building her immune system" Man I left there feeling so confident it was totally different then leaving the urgent care, beaten down!
Well I know what herbs to treat ear infections with naturally the best is chiropractic because it aligns everything so the tubes can drain. I had felt like she needed to get adjusted for a few months, it had been about 2 years.
Anyway by Thursday totally different kid. Mom didn't slack on the showers and she's doing great!!!
Then I get sick on Friday!! On Sat. I thought for sure I was going to end up in the hospital for asthma. My treatments were lasting 1-2 hours instead of 4hrs. I had a migraine from all the albuterol, I toughed it out till Monday and went to the Chiro and by the end of the night Monday I was about 70% which was a huge improvement from about 30% over the weekend, Tuesday about 90% Now it's Thursday and I've only had 1 treatment since Monday night!!!
OH YA!! He he said "bring her in on Friday let me see how she's doing, and don't bring a check"
This is the third time he's adjusted the kids for no charge. WHAT DOCTOR DOES THAT!!! HE IS SO GREAT!!!
