Monday update November 24th

Today broke the record for the largest pile of charts that ever awaited me on my Monday morning desk.
I sat there in awe not quite sure where to start.
I am grateful for all of my patients, most of you are all SO sensible, it makes it so much easier.
There were two big issues today...the tummy kids and the coughers.

The tummy bugs is out there again. There is a combo of vomiting and diarrhea.
Right before vomiting the kids look pretty yucky, but feel a bit better once they have thrown up.
Many of these kids have had really poor appetites going on 4 or 5 days now.
There is little we can do for this.
Make sure your child is getting pro biotics.
Make sure they are on a bland/ starchy /easy diet.
I would minimize dairy except for Breast milk.
Make sure they are hydrated.

If days and days go by with no change, do call and we will check them out (assuming we have appointments)

The coughing kids are also out there in large numbers. I think RSV is here with a vengeance.
Again, treat the symptoms.
If your feel like your child is having labored breathing, lets make sure they get seen.

We are in the office only 3 days this week.
Wednesday we have only two doctors working, so our triage bar is set fairly high. We are trying to see those folks who really need to get in.

The after hours clinic will be there every day while we are closed for Thanksgiving.

The good news is that we finally got our flu vaccine.
 We are planning on holding our Saturday morning Flu shot clinic from 9:30-noon on December 6th.
I will send out more details next Monday.

Happy Thanksgiving.
Judy