its 20 to midnite on a thursday nite... the first day of the lunar new year... THE WIFE and junior are in bed, i am just trying to take stock of the new year... we ended the year of the pig in a hospital.... THE WIFE was having rashes, achy joints and a swollen ankle.... we started the year of the rat in the same hospital... junior had a 39 degrees fever....THE WIFE was feeling terrible all day yesterday... she could barely get out of bed in the morning and was limping all around the house because of her swollen ankle the whole day... funny thing is, she didnt knock her legs on anything... she just woke up in the morning with a rash and swollen ankle.... she was puking after every meal and feeling crappy all day... i reckon it has something to do with her pregnancy.... she dont seem to be running a temperature though..... after the reunion dinner, we decided to go seek a doctors help, we reckon that we should get this thing sorted out before the holidays.....
we got to the hospital at 8.20 pm... there seems to be quite a few other sick people there as well... we waited an hour before we were in the docs office... the doc looked at THE WIFE, did a once over... before concluding that it might have something to do with her pregnancy.... hmmmm... he ordered a blood test just to make sure... and he adviced us to go see our gyne once the holiday is over... the whole thing cost us $80 and 3 hours... not too bad i guess, considering that we did a blood test and it is on chinese new years eve.....today started out to be a pretty normal day... THE WIFE is getting better, her joints dont ach as much... we were at me folks house when junior started to get cranky.... at first i thought he just wanted his nap... but after his nap, he is still cranky and seems to be running a temperature... its back to the hospital....
we got to the hospital at about 7... its not as crowded as yesterday... the nurse took juniors temperature... 38.5 degrees.... yup, junior is still running a temperature.... we were told to wait at a separated waiting area for fever patients... it wasnt too long before the doc showed up.....
doc: so how long has he had the fever?me: since this afternoon....
doc: okay, anybody sick at home?
me: i had a fever last week... could it be because he is growing out his teeth? that why hes got the fever?
doc: fever for growing teeth would not be over 37.5..... it could be a virual infection.... normally i would order a blood test if the fever is over two days old... but hes only got it this afternoon....
THE WIFE: he has been cranky all day...
doc: hmmm.... in that case, i think it better to do a blood test.... and maybe a urine test as well.... wait outside, my nurse would tend to you shortly.....
an hour and a blood test later....
doc: good news, the blood test is normal... i will prescribe some anti-biotics and paracetomal... he should be okay... if his fever dont go away by saturday, come back...
me: okay....
this second visit set us back $110... considering that we did a blood test and it is the first day of chinese new year... its not too bad... hmmmm....
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