Doctor Appointments

today has been CRAZY! Well, it actually started with yesterday when we took Owen in to the urgent care. Diagnosis- strep throat. This is the first time we have had strep and Ava is 8 years old, so I feel lucky that it hasn't hit before. But who hears of strep in July?

Anyway,he had the biggest, reddest tonsils I have ever seen and a fever to match. We didn't spend too long for urgent care, only 2 hours, but when we got home Chris said "I think my throat is sore". Meanwhile, I am thinking, it is not you big baby! It's all psychological! But he got up in the middle of the night freezing and piled on the clothes and blankets all the while burning up. So off to the doctor we went. We had an appt. for Moyz today as well for some of his skin issues. So I took 3 of the kids upstairs to pediatrics, and Chris took Owen to his throat culture figuring he already has it so no harm, no foul.

We have the best pediatrician ever. Absolutely love her. She took one look at his legs and said that we were off to see a pediatrician and wasn't charging us for the visit. She called and there was an immediate appt. at the office 20 miles away. Meanwhile, Chris is still waiting on the results of his culture so we hunted him down, put the kids as fast as we could into the car and headed off. We got there 15 minutes late but they still took us thank goodness. Moyz has some type of impetigo, it starts with a B but I can't remember the first part, plus contact dermatitis on his legs and face as well as some eczema. 3 prescriptions later we were headed out the door. In the mean time it's about 2 hours later and Chris still hasn't heard back from the doctors office. We're trying to scarf down lunch at McDonalds and he just keeps looking worse and worse. Plus, Kembia has decided that she just doesn't really want to eat anything besides cheerios, not even formula or bananas. She's such a light weight that it's starting to worry me. Finally the nurse calls, he's positive for strep too- the Nelsons are dropping like flies!

Then we go to fill all of our many prescriptions. This took almost one hour at Target. Poor Chris, he just sort of sat slumped over on the bench waiting and waiting. Then we get how much some medicine for kembia's lip is going to be- $400 for some cream to rub on it. Oh, and there's no generic. So, we decided to wait and talk to her doctor again when we go back tomorrow if there might be some other type of medicine to try, or maybe even some samples in the office. $400 bucks! I can almost guarantee it does not cost anywhere near $400 to make that cream.

Now we are finally home and Chris and the babies are all sleeping. Wish I could be too, but my other two kids are basically duking it out with each other. Is it bad that I can't wait for it to be night so we call all just go to sleep?