I am on hold with the pediatrician's office. I have been for nearly an hour now. I am being forced to listen to hits from the 80's. Sad thing is that I know all the words to all the songs. I counted it up and Hope has been coughing her guts up, literally, for seven weeks now. Savannah is now complaining of her ears hurting, the pediatrician looked at them two weeks ago and said that they might clear up on their own. As a mother, this frustrates me. I have probably spent about $200.00 in office visits and medicine between the two girls for these same illnesses. I understand that prescribing antibiotics regularly to children does them more harm than good. Hope was given antibiotics after her second trip in because on top of everything else she had an ear infection, which didn't seem to do a thing for her. I have had chronic ear infections my entire life, not one time did it just go away on its own. Savannah was given nothing for her ear infection. The really sucky thing is that I just transferred my children over to this office on a recommendation. I am not so sure that was a good idea. Savannah is coughing along with her ears hurting. Logan still has a yucky nose but isn't coughing. Nothing over the counter is helping. I just want them to get better.

Posted by gwendolyn on January 02, 2002 at 11:00 AM