"Frequent Flyer" points for the ER?

This week has been a very interesting week with regards to health issues. On Monday, Christyne caught a cold, and started having some moderate asthma problems that were starting to get worse, so I called her doctor, and he saw her right away, gave her some medication, and sent her home. She started feeling better, but she was still coughing a lot. About 9 or 10 pm, she started to complain that her neck hurt really bad and her back also. So I was worried that it might be meningitis or something else bad, so Ossil took her to the ER. They said it was strep throat and gave her some antibiotics and sent her home. Then in the morning on Tuesday , the ER called us and said that a Radiologist had looked at her Xray and had seen a little space of air between her lungs and the wall of her chest, and she had to come back in to get it checked out. So ER visit number 2. The next few days, she rested, took her medication, and since our doctor was on vacation, she had to go back to the ER on Friday to make sure she was OK. ER visit number 3. She was fine. It turns out that sometimes when someone coughs a lot, they can get a very small tear in their lung, and a little air can escape. So it can heal on its own, the person just has to rest, not fly in an airplane, or go under water (pressure issues). So by friday, it had healed, and she was ready for a swimming party. While she was in the ER, they took her temperature many times using an ear thermometer. On Saturday, I had left the thermometer on the counter in the kitchen Christyne found it, and tried to take Ayden's temperature. The only problem is that it was a normal digital thermometer, not for ears. She pushed it right in. Ayden ran into me screaming and in a lot of pain. I looked in his ear and saw a little blood. We called the ER, and they said he should come in. ER visit number 4 in 6 days. His eardrum was OK, and he did have some blood in his ear, but it was just a little cut or something. They gave us some eardrops. He can hear fine out of that ear, and it only hurts a little when he yawns, etc. Well, you can imagine we gave our children the "don't stick anything into your ears or anyone else ear" lecture. It is a good lecture to give to kids. If you haven't done so, do it.

I am sure the bills will be expensive, but I am happy to pay them. After all, with this big Universal Health Care debate, I would rather pay out of my own pocket than have the government pay. That is what our money is for, the health, safety and welfare of our families. Not for things we don't need. First priority of money is the above, any left over - have fun with it or use it any way you want.

That reminds me of something that happened a few months ago. I was told that Andreya was to attend summer school. It was manditory, but there was only so many spots, so I needed to register her soon. How can something be manditory when there aren't enough spots for everyone? Also, it said that breakfast and lunch would be free. I felt insulted by that. I really feel that they should only give free food to those who are in need of it. Ossil is making a good living, making more than ever before, we have money, we want to buy our own children's food. Why is the government just handing out free stuff to those who don't need it. It really annoys me. They should make everyone fill out the form with how much money they make, if they don't have much, give them food, I have no problem with that. But why waste tax payer money, and lay off good teachers because they don't have enough money to keep them, and then pay for food for those who can afford it. Parents should be paying for their own family's food, unless they are poor. That is a basic responsibility of parent hood. Taxes go up, good teachers loose their jobs, classes are more crowded, but the kids whose parents make a good living get free food. People should pay for their own families unless they are really struggling financially. In that case, it is OK to get help when you really need it.

I ended up not putting her in, because her math skills are fine, it is just that she has some reading and writting learning problems. We just kept her home and worked on it herself. We will see how she does. We are also reading scriptures as a family, each person reading. I think this will help her reading also.