Joys

Well not really :) The joys of getting a prescription filled for my diabetic daughter...ugh...this is no easy task. She is allergic to penicillin and cephlasphorin (okay I have no idea how to spell that) anyways these are two major antibiotics out there and she can't have them!! I also don't really like to give her more than one or two doses a day because it messes with her sugar. So I spent a whopping 2 1/2 hours last night at the pharmacy, here's how this played out...

Drop off prescription, shop around for 30 min's at Target not too bad
Try to pick it up, complication of having a possible allergic reaction
Pharmacist calls nurse on call, gets a new script
Wait another 30 min's
Go to pick it up only to find out it's for the same medicine that she had the past 3 times with strep which the Dr. thinks she's growing a tolerance for...wonderful!!
Calls nurse on call again, nurse says this is getting way too complicated for her
Leave without any meds...ugh

So I talked to the Dr. this morning and their only other option is to give her a pill that I have to break apart and give her the powder in yogurt or something 3 times a day...super. I picked this up and let me just tell you that this stuff is NASTY and getting her to take this is going to be a major accomplishment!! I first mixed it with a applesauce, she ate about half of it gagging and heaving the entire time, so I tried it...oooo it's bad!! So after about 30 min's of Liv crying I told her I was going to mix it with one spoonful of yogurt and she could have pop to wash it down, o and ya then I bribed her with a new toy ;) She finally did this and ran to the bathroom thinking she was going to throw up. After her stomach settled down I took her to the store and she picked out a peace webkinz and some peace pony tail holders. I also called the Dr. office to see if we had any other options, but we don't!! I'm not sure how she's going to do this 3 times a day for 10 days, should be very interesting!!!

On other news looks like NC pollen doesn't agree with Mr. Max :( I opened up the windows on Sat because it was like 65 and I wanted the fresh air. He woke up Sunday after his nap with his left eye swollen shut and his right very close to the same. I thought for sure it was pink eye, but the white's of his eyes were still white. I took him to the Doc Monday with Liv and sure enough the kid as some terrible allergies!! Poor kid is miserable, he's on some eye drops and benedryl and when the farmer's market opens in April I'm suppose to buy honey from a local bee hive and give him a teaspoon a day. Poor guy is oosing green from his eyes and nose, it's really just nasty!!

It sucks that this move down here is so much healthier for Liv (well all the kids really), but now poor Max has to suffer through these allergies. I'm trying not to be too hard on myself thinking that he would probably of gotten it in MI too. So no more opening of the windows for us :(

Just had to get that all of my chest...ugh!!