So the children all have this persistent cough that has lasted for over a week. We have tried everything under the sun to manage and improve their health. All kinds of natural cough suppression and pharmaceutical relief, even humidifiers and hot drinks, Alas nothing has really helped except keeping it from being worse. My poor daughter is in pain from the coughing. So we decided to take the kids to the doctor before school to see what could be done.
I load the kids up after setting the appointment and away we go. It's always fun to get there a little early to fill out the paper work and the what not. What is decidedly not fun is getting there on time and getting checked in only to see people after you come in get checked in and get called back to the doctor before you and after your scheduled time.
The doctor calls us back and does every single test I do at home before I even left. He checks their O2 levels, listens to their breathing hears them cough and evaluates their energy levels. All of which I could have told him had he bothered to ask. At the end this diagnostician was able to discern that the children had a cough and that there was nothing that he could do for it. That will be $75 please. So I spent the better part of two hours ferreting the children back and forth to the doctor and spending much needed Christmas money for a ten minute cursory glance to tell me "eh, shit happens and welcome to winter."
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