Amoxicillian & eye drops ……….
$16
Two days of missed daycare ………. $80
Three hours in the “Immediate Care Center” ……….
$200
A solid excuse to work from home for two days
………. PRICELESS

But seriously. As
you all know, Lex has had a cold for many weeks now and a few
days ago his eyes started getting gooky (yellowish, sticky
stuff) and he sleeping has progressively gotten worse. I just
assumed it was all cold related (bad mommy!). This morning I
woke up and my left eye was puffy and very teary. Throughout
the day it got worse and the clear teariness turned to gooky. I
left work at 3:30 because my coworkers had self-diagnosed
pinkeye and wanted me gone. On the way home I called my PCP’s
office, only to learn that they don’t take appointments after
4pm and don’t have anything availble for the next few days. So,
I called Lex’s pedi’s office and was told a nurse would call me
back. I waited and waited and finally decided to go to a local
urgent care center (I guess more urgent than waiting a few days
for the PCP, but not urgent enough for the emergency room).
After we waited there for several hours (I scoffed at the irony
of the sign on the front door, “Immediate Care Center”), we saw
a doctor who immediately said “yep, pinkeye.” He did some
routine stuff, obviously was not a pedi, and sent us on our way
with prescriptions. He was nice enough to call it in to CVS
though, so I only had to wait there for a few minutes. Poor Lex
was exhausted when we got home (way past his bedtime) and then
I had to do the worst thing of the entire day – administer the
eye drops. He screamed bloody murder and clenched his eyes up
tight. I had to pin him down and pry his eyes open. We both
cried. It was awful. Then I nursed him to sleep. Poor baby had
a long day. Hopefully over the next few days things will get
better. Pinkeye – who knew!