The other day when I went to pick my daughters up from swim practice, my 10 year old was perched on the edge of the pool while her friends were still swimming. I asked her coach what was up and she told me my daughter was complaining that her ear hurt. This was coming from [...]

Posted on March 26th, 2009 by Char
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This summer my daughter had a urinary tract infection that became so bad, she ended up with a kidney infection and hospitalized for most of a week. When the UTI first appeared, I didn’t realize it what it was. I figured my daughter was just going through an irritable few days and was too busy [...]

Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Char
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It’s just a virus. Those have to be the four most frustrating words a parent can hear at the doctor’s office. I mean seriously. My daughter has been miserable since Thursday (5 days ago) and I took her to the doctor’s today. She has been running fevers of 102-103 since Saturday, her eyes look like [...]

Posted on December 17th, 2007 by Char
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