Why I Hate Insurance Companies... ***UPDATE***

Well, I guess I should be more specific. I am pissed at our company for changing. Our company changed our insurance this year. Instead of having the $20 copay - we now have to meet a deductible. And of course, this has been the year from hell with our kids - correction - Gryfinn - being sick. So, whenever they (he) are sick, we do the should we/shouldn't we take them to the dr. Cause you know - sometimes they just have a fever for 3 days, and it is just a virus. But, I always worry that if we wait, it will be strep, and because we waited, then the infection will have moved to his bloodstream (yes, I over think and over worry). So, we made some guidelines for when we do take them. If the fever lasts for more than 48 hours, if the fever is high, like reaching 104, if the bleeding won't stop, if the bone just doesn't look right, etc. I am sure you get the picture.

So, yesterday, Gryfinn was super whiney. Said his neck/throat hurt. And just didn't act like he felt good. So, of course, today he woke up with a fever. Of 104.3. So yep, a call was made to the dr, and we go at 12:50. I hate to take him and it just be another virus. But I can not NOT take him. My poor bud just is miserable. I think the fever has finally broke, but I don't think completely, cause he still feels warm. And, I know he is sick, cause he is asleep. He gave up naps a few weeks ago. But even when he did nap, it would be after lunch. And here it is 11:43am, and he is out, and has been for awhile. And the poor guy keeps whining in his sleep. It's so sad. I just hate it when the kids are sick.

But it really just pisses me off that we have to 'decide' if we should take him now, or wait. I hate that. We are already set up on monthly payments to the dr's office for the kids. And seriously, I think if we took Gryfinn in every time he ran a fever, we would have already met our deductible. I just hate that we are put in this position. That when I took his temp, Kel looks at me and says, should we take him in? It should be a given. We shouldn't have to think about it. Ya know? It just frustrates me. So much that I am rambling.

My work day is amlost done. Kel in on a field trip with Jayk. If they weren't expecting her as a chaperone. So I am leaving work 2 hours early to take Gryfi to the dr. (I haven't told him yet, cause he will get upset) My Mom was to keep the kids. On their way out there, Caelyn gets sick all over herself and her car seat. Thank goodness they were only about 30 seconds from my Mom's. Poor baby. Her nose is rather runny, so we think that may have caused her to get sick, cause she doesn't seem to be feeling bad. I am glad that it is a 3 day weekend, cause I think we need it to get our little ones healthy.

my sick lil man

******UPDATE******

After a super fast wait in the waiting room - which never happens - and tears and crying and saying he's hurting me, and a fever of 102.1 so they graciously bring in some Tylenol, that is red, and nasty, that he won't even smell let alone take, and I honestly think I got more on me than in him, and I just end up pouring it down the drain, cause by the time we get out of there and get to the store it will be time for more Motrin and why make him cry anymore than he already is (sigh) - we walk out with 3 stickers, a script for amoxicillin, and a diagnosis of strep. The trip to the pharmacy was also an adventure. He is super whiney, and then starts saying that his belly is hurting, and then coughs, and throws up on the floor, coughs and throws up again. Fun times. And I realize that I obviously got more Tylenol in him than I thought, cause that is what he threw up. We are now home, he is feeling better. Ate some pretzels (what he wanted) and drank some 7up. And took Motrin, and his amoxicillin. And now that the pain killer has kicked in and is fever is down, he seems to be feeling better. Caelyn seems to be ok. Her nose is super runny. But besides that, she is her crazy silly self. So - how many think we will get through this without Caelyn getting strep? I sure do hope. But fear the odds are against us - since she seems to always drink after him, eat after him (her food is gone before he is half way done, so of course she wants his!), and they are always loving on each other, or fighting with each other. Sibling love! Sharing everything, especially the germs!