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Archive for May 6th, 2008

Pneumonia’s not contagious.

06 May

But somehow both of my kids have it. More trauma, more shots, more chest xrays.

In the past week I’ve paid $80 in copays and will have spent about $40 on medication. I have no idea how much chest xrays are, but I’m pretty sure they don’t come cheap. Not to mention the trauma my kids have suffered and the fact that I’m beating myself up for some reason I don’t quite understand since it wasn’t my fault and there’s nothing we could have done to prevent it. Because what good is double trouble pneumonia if there’s not some good old fashioned mommy guilt to be found in the situation?

Clearly I need therapy. And a good stiff martini. Or maybe if I double up on the martinis I can skip the therapy…

 
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The nightmare continues.

06 May

After 4 days of fever off and on, I took my youngest to the doctor today. Indications are that it’s something bacterial, not viral so in an effort to track down the infection he had to be catheterized. Only in the 20 minutes from the time that decision was made to the time it was actually done, he had wet his diaper. When they cathed him he was bone dry. I can’t even begin to tell you how awful it was for both of us. So I’m back home waiting for him to pee so I can take a specimen. And then we’ll be going to the hospital for another set of chest xrays. How we are ever going to afford 3 doctor’s office co pays and 2 chest xrays on 2 different children in 1 week is beyond me. I already owe a couple thou to the hospital for my 3 kidney stone surgeries last year. I freaking hate the current healthcare system. I don’t know what the answer is, but clearly something has to change. Nobody should EVER have to worry about being able to afford quality medical care.

 
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