Free Cell scope??

https://cellscope.wufoo.com/forms/join-the-oto-early-access-pilot-now-ca-only/

For any of you who have had Dr Kaplan check your child's ears with her cool little cell scope, you may want to check this out.
Our Dr Jessica always seems to be on the cutting edge and she found this link...
Act Quickly and maybe you can get one.
 Let me know if it works out!!!
~Nurse Judy

Monday update August 25th/ peanut alergies/ FLu shot update

Today was incredibly busy, even with two nurses manning the phones for much of the day, some of the non urgent calls did not get returned today. We really do attempt to return all calls same day, so my apologies to anyone who was awaiting a call back.
Please make sure you let the office know if you are concerned about an issue and we will be sure to get back to you as quickly as we can. If this is a sign of the upcoming winter, yikes.

The first part of my morning today was tending to orthopedic emergencies. My poor Noe Valley Pediatrics patients had a tough weekend with falls and minor accidents.
We also have a lot of kids with fevers and very chesty coughs.

My weekly email this Friday was about this season's Flu vaccine.

http://nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2014/08/201415-flu-season-vaccine-info.html

We have gotten our first shipment of the pediatric vaccine ( for kids 3 and younger) We are expecting the vaccine for older kids to get in later this week. I expect the Flu mist to be here in another week or so.

Yes it is nice to get an early start on your protection, but typically the Flu doesn't make an appearance until December or January, so you do have some time.

We will start our flu shot clinics the Wednesday after Labor day.
We hold these Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10-11:30 am  and 2-4 pm.
In order to manage the crowds and the availability of my ably Medical Assistants, we will accept a limited number of patients into each of these windows..Call in the morning to get onto the morning or afternoon list.

We will be doing Saturday morning Flu shot clinics again.
The first of these will be September 27th...not quite sure what times but I will update that when we get closer..

Any patients out there with peanut allergies? Stanford Allergy center is seeking volunteers between 7-55 years
www.foodallergies@stanford.edu

Stay well
Judy

Monday update August 18th

It is the first day of school for many of our patients and if feels like a sudden switch was flipped already and there is a lot of illness around.
We saw a little bit of everything today.
Most of my calls were cough related. Some of the kids were a bit wheezy.
We saw some Hand Foot Mouth virus.
I spoke to a few families dealing with a tummy bug.
We had some positive strep throat tests.
There were a few kids with several days of fevers.
There are some patients with odd rashes
It is after five and I am still digging out from underneath the pile of charts on my desk....what a day.

I hope everyone has a happy "back to school" week.
Wash those hands!!
~Judy

Monday update August 11th

 There isn't anything major making the rounds this week.

There are some kids with a summer cold/cough but for the most part we have been busy with the last minute check-ups.

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I do have one of my illness classes scheduled on Wednesday evening August 20th.

If you want help navigating through all the viral syndromes an illnesses that kids tend to get, this 90 minutes session will be helpful.

To sign up or get more info email nursejudynvp@gmail.com

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Stay well!!!

~Judy

Weekly Update 8/4/2014

After a few quiet weeks, things seem to be getting quite a bit busier.
As Dr Kaplan says, we are having an epidemic of New Borns. I wonder if something special was going on nine months ago?!
Regarding the illnesses that are going around....
Last week we saw a few cases of Strep Throat.
Today I have seen quite a few patients with fevers. The fevers are moderate and have been lasting 3-4 days. Many of the kids also have a croupy sounding cough with this.

There have been tons of kids with bug bites that have been quite bothersome.
We are also seeing lots of kids with mysterious rashes.

I have a handful of kids with some type of tummy bug/ more vomiting than diarrhea.

We anticipate that we will get our first shipments of the Flu Vaccine later this month.
I will be updating you here with all the Flu info as soon as there is anything to report.

Stay well.
~Nurse Judy