Great time for the doc to be out of town...

Isn't it just my luck, when I need our doctor, she is out of town?! Not only did I need to see her once this week, but twice!

Kyle started not feeling too well on Sunday. Very tired, headache, sore throat. By the end of the day he was running a fever, and his throat was killing him. I called the doc on Monday morning, only to have her nurse tell me that she was out of the office for the week. I asked if she was referring to anyone this week, and was politely told I could take him to the walk-in clinic. I HATE the walk-in clinic... it takes FOREVER to be seen. We have 2 clinics close by, so I chose one that I thought might get me in and out quickly, and headed over there. Truthfully, it didn't take as long as I thought it would, even though we were there for an hour and a half. Turns out Kyle has strep throat, and was instructed to be out of school for 2 days, and no soccer until the end of the week. Today he was more than ready to go back to school... he was pretty bored just sitting at home. He is finishing up on his make-up work now, and we are very thankful that he is feeling better. But, I do have just one questions... can anyone tell me why, when you have a throat so sore you can hardly swallow, is the medicne that they give you the size of horse pills?

Our second trip to the walk-in clinic happened today, and I have a VERY disappointed boy on my hands tonight. Josh has been having some issues that were getting the best of him today, so I took him in. The diagnosis: A Bruised Kidney! He had a collision during his game on Saturday morning, and took a pretty good lick to his kidney. It turns out that it is bruised, and he probably has had some blood settle in his UT, which is causing lower abdominal pain. He has been ordered to take a week off of soccer to rest and heal. He is so upset about this because his team is playing for the Regional Championship this upcoming Saturday. The good news is that win or lose, the team advances to the Area Championship next weekend, so his soccer season is not yet over. I told him that he can still go to the game on Saturday and cheer his team on, and be there for the medal presentation. He is ok with that, but still really bummed.

I hope that I don't need a walk-in clinic twice in one week again, but if it does, I know where I will go. And for those of you in the area, may I suggest you try American Family Care instead of Horizon? I found it much cleaner, we got in much faster, and over all everyone seemed much friendlier.