Immunlologist report 10/26

Why do I ever think that sammy's appointments will ever be normal? With all of the appointments that we have gone to in the last 3.5 years you'd think I'd realize that an easy appointment day would be, well just that-easy. let me set the stage for you: I have this VERY important planner that we record Sammy's health day by day so that the Dr can look at it in small scale. I had also put in a very important letter from our UCLA Dr that I had wanted to give to the LL Dr. So why could I not find this stinkin book anywhere before we left. Steve and I tore apart the house to no avail. Finally when we had both given up, my hero husband found it under a library book :) I thought that would be the end to my craziness- uh no!

On the way down, Sammy had asked me if he was going to his "test Dr.". "Yes, sweet boy" I said "and you might just have to get a shot." "That's okay Mama, I'm a tough boy". My sweet boy, he is so strong in the midst of this, I have learned so much about the Joy of the Lord from him through all of this. He is always so happy, whether he is getting a shot or running around outside.

So once we got to the Dr, we waited for 2.5 hr, and then she was with us for like 30-45 min, well maybe not that long, but sometimes it feels that way. We talked about the antibiotic regimen, and the pros def out weighed the cons. With not really knowing what this cold season is going to be like, we are going to er on the side of caution and put him on zithro 3 days a week till Feb. Sammy has not been feeling the greatest since Thurs. Well He's been acting like his chipper self, but has had crazy high fevers, so I called and told the Dr about his symptoms and she still wanted to see him. She said she wanted to to check him out to hopefully see if she could catch something. She put him on tamiflu, just because of his situation and the way the flu is crazy going around, he takes that for 5 days and then after that we start a zithro 3 days a week till Feb.

Now off to fill the Rx's. First went to FMO pharm and waited in line for like 20 min, just to be told that they only have the "adult version" of the Tamiflu and I have to take it to the hospital and fill it. YUCK... not the nasty everyone is sick and I so cannot breathe their nasty air hospital! I am so becoming a germaphobe this winter ;)

So I park way out in Egypt and lug my now super tired and not feeling so hot little boy into the hospital, through the waiting room where everyone is hacking. I tell Sammy to hold his breathe and to not breathe till i tell him too- horrible I know.

So we went up to the pharm in the teensy room and wait for 14 more min just to finally get to the window and have them tell me it will be 45 min... seriously! You are joking me right.. in this germ filled hot house- over my dead body!

So then we walked out past the nasty people in the waiting room and out to the much need fresh air...woooh i was feeling pretty sick by then... my hypochondriac-ness at it's best

By this time i realize that there is no way that we will get home in time to say goodbye, much less hello before Steve has to go to work, so I call him and we work out a plan to meet at the sleep lab and then we will all go to the hosp together. We meet up with dad and give him the details that I have spared him of and thankfully he rescued us from having to all go back through the gross room o germs. I get up to the pharm, pay an arm and a leg and then get back out of disease central and spent the last 15 min with Steve before he has to go to work. Man what a night!

And I would do it all again for my sweet boy- my tough little man