FLU UPDATE

The supply has been a bit slow getting to us this year.
 I anticipate that by mid October we will have plenty.

We are planning on holding a saturday morning flu shot clinic in the office on October 24th.
I will confirm that will full details when we get closer to the date.

I will occasionally update this site throughout the flu season.
 For  weekly updates, you can visit our facebook page or sign up for the Nurse Judy weekly emails.

~Judy

spam on the account

Hi folks,
 I have not updated this blog in a long time but I want to spread the word that our nvpeds@gmail.com account got hacked ( password has been changed)
Please do not open up any attachments from that address.

I have changed our communication mode from this blog over to our Facebook Page and my weekly email list.

If you want to be added to the list shoot me an email to nursejudynvp@gmail.com

Sorry for any inconvenience
As I said on the Facebook page: May all the spammers in the world get a case of incurable pinworms
~Nurse Judy

new facebook page

I started this blog years ago when the H1N1 was rampant, patients were flooding the phone system and we needed to figure out a way to get the message out to all of our patients at once.
Since then it has transitioned to a weekly "what's going around"


It is our intention to move that over to our new Noe Valley Pediatrics face book page.
My Nurse Judy Blog with a different topic each week will remain intact


If there is anyone out there who will really miss this venue let me know! Comments welcome.

Unless there is a huge outcry, I plan to put this baby to bed and start posting on the Facebook page.
Looking forward to seeing you on Facebook.
Nurse Judy

Weekly update January 26,2015

We are still seeing the flu, but not is the same crazy numbers that we were seeing 2 weeks ago.
We still have a ton of kids with high fever, vomiting and coughing but they are not coming up positive with the flu test in the office.
I also have seen a huge number of kids with ear infections so far today.

http://www.nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2015/01/measles-outbreak-2015.html

To nobody's surprise we are getting a lot of calls about measles.
We have not seen any cases in SF so far. If you are traveling and your child is not fully vaccinated, feel free to call to discuss getting your child protected.


and with all the illnesses going around,here is one more useful post
http://www.nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2015/01/does-your-kids-still-have-cooties.html


One of our parents told us about a terrific resource out in the community.
The Anahata Integated healing Center in SF is offering Yoga classes for kids that focus on self regulation and impulse control.
For more information call 720-833-8016

Stay healthy!!
Judy

New eye screening tool in the office

Our office is trying out a new screening tool.
The iscreen can test children as young as one year old for the following issues:
Near sightedness
Ambliopia
Far sightedness
alignment problems
unequal focusing
Abnormal curve of the cornea
unequal pupil size
cataracts

Just like a digital camera the Iscreen vision captures dual images of your child's eyes in seconds.
Images are reviewed by trained technicians and results are sent to the office before you leave.

This is covered by most PPO insurances
If you are an HMO or self pay the cost of the test is $40.

If you are interested in getting this done, ask your doc the next time you are in the office!

Weekly Update January 20th

I hope everyone had a nice 3 day weekend.
I apologize to anyone who had trouble reaching us this weekend or this morning.
 We have switched our computers and phone systems to a new server and we had some serious growing pains this morning with no voice mail and one of our incoming lines out of service.
 I think we are back to up and running, but I very much appreciate our patient patients!

There is a ton of stuff going around, but we had plenty of room to see anyone who wanted an appointment today, so that leads me to believe that for the most part folks are "dealing"
We are still seeing loads of Flu. The type that we are finding in our office test is type A. The flu shot didn't seem to block that one at all.
Other offices are also reporting type B. We haven't seen any of that, so it is possible that our vaccinated population is escaping that strain.
The Flu kids have congestion, aches and high fever. Some have considerable belly aches.
 We also seem to have a completely separate tummy bug making the rounds, loads of diarrha and vomiting kids.


Everyone is coughing. The colds go away and the coughs linger for a few more weeks.

I am also seeing croup. The kids wake up in the middle of the night sounding like a seal

Good hand washing everyone, I hope you all stay healthy. Check in as needed.
Judy

Phone issue...ooops

We are back open today Tuesday January 20th after the 3 day weekend.
 We did make a switch to our phone service during the weekend and I am afraid that our voicemail did not transfer seamlessly.
 I apologize for any inconvenience.

I will be back on here with an illness update later on this afternoon.
 Judy