A few weeks ago, S had a cold. Stuffy nose, cough, really sore throat. She was complaining so much, I took her to the doctor after a few days to rule out strep. During that time, my husband and I both were fighting off a cold. She started to get better. The doctor had said no strep, but possible allergies. Claritin it was. Then she started coughing. A LOT. low fevers, to high fevers,and back to low fevers. Chest cough was intense. Took her back to the doctor. Lungs are clear, they said. and sent us home. She did mend over the next few days. She missed a week of school.
4 days pass and Halloween comes. Everyone is great. The next day, at the end of the school day, M complains of a headache. High fever, small cough, sore throat. We go back to the dr. No strep. viral. we go home. Fever continues, cough starts getting a little worse. Finally fever is low and she looks like she might be getting better. Even plays all day with different things. Come dinner time, she doesn’t feel good. High fever is back. It’s Saturday night. We go to the pediatric urgicare. STILL viral. lungs are clear. Sunday, still feverish, no appetite, and cough gets worse throughout the whole day. Cough suppressants not working at all. By dinner time, the cough is completely full blown. Spasms and fits. M keeps turning dark red, as she struggles to breathe. I kept saying something was not right. Husband kept saying there was nothing we could do. Finally, after a scary moment, M throws up everything. Must be soup, liquids, bile, mucous, everything. She is a little better. I give her a long hot shower, and she breathes easier. Sleep is interrupted throughout the night.
Monday morning, the drs office calls. They are following up from our urgicare visit on Saturday night. They want me to bring M back in. I have spent $100 in co-pays over the last 2 weeks. $50 of them in 3 days! I am NOT going back just to be sent home that it’s viral. I even tell the receptionist. She still wants me to bring in M.
I go very begrungingly. It’s chilly, there is morning traffic, etc.
Dr takes a listen. Crackling on the left side. We now have pneumonia! ARGH!!!!!!!!!
I get that drs don’t want to overprescribe medication. I do. but COME ON! You think I enjoy bringing my kids back again and again? The fever is way too long, and this was NOT NORMAL! I’m so disgruntled. why doctors, do you have to be like this???
