No, I have not lost my mind…well, perhaps I have, but we won’t go there tonight.
Today I am grateful for urgent care and the ability we have in this country to get medical help when it is needed, even when the doctor is too busy to see a sick child. Smiley has been feeling rather under the weather the last few days and we had decided she needed to go to the doctor today, but there were no appointments so I was going to take her up to UC after school. About 10:30 one of our wonderful folks from the front office, and I mean that sincerely and not sarcastically, came dashing down and gave me the sign that Smiley’s temperature was up. Long story short, I ended up leaving work with her in tow and we spent the next two hours at UC. They found the problem, she is on medication and after a day or two of rest we are hopeful she will be back to her perky self.
So today, I am grateful for options that do not include the ER when my child is sick. I am grateful for medicine to help her rest and heal. I am grateful for bosses who do not blink an eye when I need to leave to tend to a sick child. I am grateful for an older daughter who when push comes to shove really loves her sister and has been kind and loving to her today. I am grateful that in the laundry list of horrors that a mother thinks of when their child is having dizzy spells and such that it is just a viral infection that will clear up in a few days. In short, I am grateful for urgent care today.
