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Why and ear/nose/throat doc? Does he have strep or influenza? (it ain't bronchitis)
Michelle
Good Bad & The Monkey
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
Runners run
My gut feeling is that something isn't right and I don't like to ignore that feeling. Not when it comes to my children.
Trent, I beleive everything you just wrote. So why do docs routinely prescribe antibiotics for bronchitis? Is it to make the paient think they are doing something? I don't get it. It happens ALL THE TIME. What is the deal?
How is Aaron now?
Why antibiotics? How is this: "Doctor, you mean I waited in your waiting room for two hours and have been sick for 5 days and all you are gonna do for me is tell me to go take some sudafed!?!?" Typically, that is why. Easier to prescribe than to fight. Or to educate. And after a while, it just becomes habit.
He's doing okay. He's up and down with this thing. Right now his temp is low, 99.5, but we are keeping him on the double dosage of Tylenol and Advil. His little body is trying to fight it off. He's getting his appetite back, so that's a good thing, that ought to help give him some fuel. Thank you for asking.
another interesting bit.
Do you know for sure that there is horse hair in your plaster? Old horse hair may no longer be allergenic.