SICK DAZE

It started last Sunday afternoon. Jack was lazy and tired. By Sunday night he was running a temperature. Monday, he talked like he was a cartoon character.

All week Jack has been sick. Last evening we took him to Urgent Care at Kaiser. I love Kaiser for Health Care. They are proactive in preventative care. My guess is they have discovered that it is cheaper to treat you before you get sick. Regardless, once you are sick they do a good job. Jack was worried.

Jack's experience with the "Doctor" has been limited to checkups where they always give him injections. He hates shots. So, when we said we were taking him to the "Doctor" he got sad. He said to me, "I don't want a shot." I promised him we would not get any shots.

We got to the Urgent Care Center about 5:30 PM and waited until about 7:00 before we saw the Doctor. Once I met him I know why it was taking sooo long. Our Doctor was Chatty Cathy. He talked and talked and talked about every detail. Ya, I know, I have been to the Doctor before. I worked hard at being nice. He explained Jack's blood pressure and oxygen saturation. I got it 15 years ago when they did it to me. But I remained nice. Then he looked into Jack's throat. YIKES.

One reason why we decided to bring Jack to Urgent Care was his tonsils. They were like grapefruits in his throat. The Doctor freaked when he saw them and said. "We are going to have to give him an injection." I said....uh no we aren't. Pam looked at me and said maybe we should if it will clear this up. I said, NO. I promised Jack no shots. Jack watched this play out. The Doctor back up a little and said, "Well, we could treat it with oral medication, but it would take longer." I said that will be fine. Then he kept at it. He would not let up on the shot.

I resisted my urge to slap him. Shut the fuck up. NO SHOTS...what don't you get? I was quiet and he kept on jabbering. Again I said, "I promised Jack he would not get a shot." The Doctor said, "Well I don't want to interfere in a family pact." ha ha ha. I let it go.

After, another five minutes that seemed like an hour, we went to the Pharmacy. Boy are those people slow. Then Home. Jack is on oral "penicillin" or some other new name for it. We generally call it Bubble Gum medicine.