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Babies: 3 - 6 Months
SUPER vent. No lie. Also, SUPER long.
OKay, if you don't want to read my biitching- save yourself 3 minutes and stop now. Fo shizzie, I am going to complain.
For starters, we have moved. We have moved about 3 hours from our old home. We sold our house- well, mostly sold our house. The lender that the buyer has is a complete putz and has taken forever doing his loan crap. Since he has taken forever, we can't buy our new house yet. Hence us living in an extended stay. With a "fully equipped" kitchen- 2 pots and no oven equals fully equipped at the extended stay- I digress.
Since we have moved, I have been trying to find a new pediatrician for E. I loved our old pedi, she was great and not nosy and totally pro extended bf (like 12 months, not 7 years or anything) and cosleeping. I have been trying to find a new one and spent many hours researching. I found one and scheduled her intake appt for Monday.
Soooo... last night at 2am, E wakes up coughing like crazy with a terrible stuffy nose. This morning I call the new medical group, they dont' have any openings until Monday (when we already have an appt), so I called a few more pedis to see if anybody had anything.... nada. So, I called "our doctor" back and she suggested I drive 30 minutes to an urgent care and see one of the doctors from their medical group there.
I pack up baby, head to urgent care. The receptionist tells me it's up to the doctor if he wants to see a baby younger than 6 months. Which he does not. Of course. So I call my friends pedi in the next town over that has walk ins from 1-3. The receptionist explains it's not first come- first serve, it's totally who doc wants to see when- wtf?
At this point, E is coughing up a storm in the backseat and I'm on the verge of tears, overwhelmed with guilt that my poor baby doesn't have a doctor yet. So I ask her where I should take my sick baby, since no one will see her. She refers me to the ER. What a fuucking waste of resources for me to go to the ER to be checked for a freakin' cough and stuffy nose. I felt ridiculous, but at the same time, I wanted her checked for pneumonia and to be told what meds/dosages she could take.
Anyways, long story short, I drove around from 9-2, finally got the baby seen. She has a common cold and is sleeping on me after having some vicks baby rub and saline drops.
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Re: SUPER vent. No lie. Also, SUPER long.
Thanks, she hasn't coughed much since we used the Vicks baby rub. I'm glad I got her looked at before the weekend. I was just shocked that nobody would see her! Siiigh, too much stress right now, haha.