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- From: hyler@ast.saic.com (Buffy Hyler)
- Subject: Holiday Medical Help (was Re: _whine_)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.182756.16867@ast.saic.com>
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:27:56 GMT
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- Having survived now, I thought I would send out a "think about this"
- message:
-
- What do you do when your child gets sick on a major holiday and you
- will need both Doctor and Pharmacy?
-
- Of course, the hospital emergency room is always available, but unless
- you are seriously hurt you will wait and wait and wait with a miserably
- sick child.
-
- David (almost 6) came down with an earache (ALWAYS an ear infection in
- his case) at 11:30pm Christmas Eve. We gave him Tylenol which usually
- helps with the pain, but no go for some reason. We gave him a second
- dose at around 3:30am and that seemed to help for he was able to sleep
- after that. And he appeared to be fine that morning but was running a
- fever. I called the answering service for the doctor and found out
- that there was an Urgent Care center open from 9-6 that day. I also
- found out that there was a 24 hour Pharmacy open nearby (it turns out
- the only one for a radius of about 30 miles). Also, the Urgent Care
- had samples and was able to give us a 2 day supply until we could get
- to the pharmacy.
-
- Anyway, I now know that this Urgent Care is open most days from
- 8am-10pm and usually shorter hours on weekends/holidays, but still open.
-
- If you don't already know, you might make a point of finding out what
- your alternatives are to the Emergency Room year around (especially
- holidays). When your child is sick this worry is the last thing you
- need.
-
- Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!
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- Buffy Hyler (hyler@ast.saic.com)
- SAIC, Campus Point
- San Diego, California
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