Since she was 5, we’d take Abby to Delaware to stay with my parents for at least a week. It’s a great opportunity for her to decompress from the end of the school year. It gives my parents lots of quality time with her that they rarely get. And it gives us a break.
Camille started tagging along in the last two years.
We took them to Delaware the Friday after school ended. Of course, the morning of the trip, Abby awoke to a sore throat and ear ache. She slept for most of the drive up, a 10-hour ordeal, and didn’t eat much. We gave her some children’s Motrin and she seemed to feel better. By Sunday when we returned home, she had felt much better.
But over the next couple of days, she began to feel worse. My parents took her to a clinic. It turns out, she has strep throat. The doctor prescribed an antibiotic and after the first pill, my parents report that she’s back to her old self.
A few things I’ve learned from this:
- When Abby’s acting even somewhat abnormally, take it more seriously.
- My parents are awesome.
- Health care needs to be fixed in this country.
My mom called the clinic to see if they accepted our insurance. But when they got to the clinic, the story changed. My parents had to pay out of pocket for the visit, three times what our copay to an in-network doctor would have been and twice what a visit to an urgent care facility would have been.
One other note: My Mom told us that it was Camille who asked all the questions of the medical staff. The doctor said jokingly that Camille could be the grandmom and my Mom could be the little sister.
