Well on Friday I woke up to Maddy in really bad pain in her ear. I went to loot at her ear and it was full of puss and blood! GREAT! That explained why she wanted to go home from the amusement park the night before. She had said her head hurt. So I quickly called the doctor and they said they could get her in if we came RIGHT NOW. So I threw everyone in the car at 9:30 and rushed over to the doctors offices. Of course it was a nasty ear infection and we started her on antibiotics and ear drops. I am still waiting for her to feel much better though. (She has an appointment with an ENT in 2 weeks to figure what is up with her ear).Anyway before the doctor can even see Maddy, Lilly decided she wants a piercing. They had pulled open the bottom drawer in the counter full of books and toys for the kids to play with. Lilly goes to stand up and loses her balance and slams into the corner of the drawer and it cuts a hole right through the top on her ear! She was so upset and there was blood everywhere. The nurses and doctors are a little concerned because it went all the way through the cartilage and they don't want it to get infected and turn into some ugly wrestling cauliflower ear. So I have to wait there for a little and ice it and get another doctor to look at it only to have them send me over to an ENT close by.
We leave that doctors office and go right into the other office to have the ENT look at Lilly's ear. He decides not to put stitches in it, thankfully, but he has to vigorously scrub it clean. This was not fun let me tell you! Luckily I was able to hold Lilly still enough so that we didn't have to papoose her. So he put her on a round of antibiotics to hopefully prevent any infection and some heavy medicated cream to put on it. He also told me that I needed to scrub her ear everyday close to bleeding.......right.......like that is REALLY going to happen.
So we finally got home around 2:00 and 40 dollars later. I put Lilly down for a nap and tried to work a little and then it was off to Walmart to pick up our now 5 prescriptions waiting for us. So I arrived home at about 6:30 and 175 dollars later with two girls and two hurt ears. In the words of my sister-in-law recently, when it rains it pours.
5 comments:
OW! Sorry to hear about your poor little girls. At least you'll know the ENT real well when your done with all of this!
K....it's funny but not?? I mean at least you were near a Dr.'s office for Lilly right? Poor Maddy. I have decided that sick kids is one of the WORST things about being a parent (and plus it costs so much..hahah)
How sad! I hope both girls are feeling better soon!
Amen to that. Our co-pay is $35 for each visit which sucks, and I remember right after jason's surgery and stuff we kept having to get tons of prescriptions over and over and one time we spent $300 in one trip to the pharmacy! I almost died. The medical care system in this country sucks, people go bankrupt over it and have to decide between paying their electricity or buying medicine for their kids. It needs to change dang it. Just not by Obama. Don't vote for him. :) Is this not an appropriate place to be an advocate for maccain? j/k
OUCH! I am so sorry! I hope your girls start feeling better soon. Not fun to spend the whole day at the doctors let alone all the money spent! Hopefully life will settle when school starts.
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