Our Second Home

Sandhills Pediatrics get a visits from the Hawkins on a regular basis. And my paycheck is either spent on copays for the visits or copays for medication. Our week was suppose to start out with a 9 month well visit for Karlee. However, as my luck always has it, it turned into sick visit for both Karlee and Brandon. Brandon woke up barking like a seal and gasping for breath and Karlee has the typical symptoms of an ear infection. So off to see Dr. Whitaker. Amazingly Karlee had NO ear infection- just a "cold". She did get 3 shots and the flu shot. Brandon was diagnosed with the begin of Croup. And somehow we managed to sneak a flu shot in for him as well. Not without lots of tears. But he was a good sport and we managed to make the boo-boo better with a sucker and sticker. Karlee's "cold" wasn't exactly a "cold" as we were told. By Thursday we were back to see Dr. Whitaker with a temperature of 103. Again- no infection, but this time it was the viral flu. The one you can't treat. I was home with her all day yesterday. She was so miserable but sweet as always. So here we are heading into another weekend with a house full of sick little kids. But we won't be able to complete next week without more visits to the Dr.- a follow up with the ENT to check on Karlee's tubes, and suppose to be a 3 year "well" check up for Brandon (5 months later). Maybe we can accomplish these appointments as intended, without coming home with another antibiotic. keeping are fingers crossed.
Have another busy weekend planned so I am sure I will be back with more report in no time!