I feel so bad for my little buddy, McKade! I could tell he wasn't feeling well at the end of preschool on Wednesday as he was laying on the floor in the fetal position trying to sleep. I put him to bed with some medicine and he slept a couple of hours, waking up fine. I decided to bring him along to Apachie Junction HS for Cauley's first wrestling meet because he no longer had a fever and said he was great. We got to the High School and the meet started with he and Dallin playing with their cars on the bleachers, but towards the end of the JV meet, he put his cars away and knelt down between the bleachers and lay his head down where people sit their behinds on. He fell asleep within minutes! I went over to see if he was ok and he was once again burning up! Then, between the JV and Varsity meets, he woke up crying saying his ear really hurt. I got Cauley to come up and over to us and we decided I should take him in to the doctor. I left Dallin with Cauley and took my two babies to the doctor. I was so blessed that even though it was about 5 minutes after 6:00, I was the first to arrive at the Twilight Pediatrics. (By the time I finished signing in and paying my $85.00, there were no less then 12 poeple behind me!) So we got to see Dr. Carrol right away. I was told I was lucky I had come when I did, as his eardrum was almost ready to burst! Dr. Carrol said it was really pusy and crusty, which means he had it for awhile (MUCH to my surprise!). He then went on to explain that their policy this year is to try and eliminate handing out prescriptions for antibiotics because so many kids have them so often and are becoming very resistant to them later in life, but that the severity of Mckade's left ear would require a high dose of stronger antibiotics. ($36.87 worth to be exact- and that's the generic brand at Walmart!) So I took my youngest two to Walmart where I was told it would be about 45 minutes to fill the prescription. I went and got Tyli some new socks, since she doesn't have any, and McKade used them as a pillow and layed down and once again fell asleep. I pretty much walked up and down almost everry isle at Walmart before my prescription was supposed to be done. When I went to pick it up, I was informed they hadn't filled it because it ws so expensive and they "weren't sure I could pay for it!" CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!! I started to raise my voice and said as politely as I could that I could indeed aford it, and I would do anything to help my son get better. They made me pay for it before they would fill it, which took less than 5 minutes! Then I went up to pay for everything in my cart at the cash register. Everything was fine until it came time to pay. I started handing the cashier some cash for some of the Christmas things I was purchasing (we keep that seperate so we can keep on budget) and she took it and said, "This is not enough- if you can't pay for everything, I suggest you put some things back." I was FURIOUS!! I just held up my debit card that was ready to slide to finish paying and said in a not-so-friendly voice that I was purchasing Christmas items with cash, but using my debit card for the rest. (She was quiet the rest of the time.) Since it was just before 8:00 now, we were all starving so we went next door to Wendy's. McKade said he wanted a "hangaber" and Tyli got chicken nuggets and I got a bowl of chile. McKade perked up at the food, which was nice to see a sign of life in him again, and after we ate, we made the treck home. Even though it was after their bedtimes, nobody fell asleep as we sang Christmas carols all the way home (well, just Jingle Bells about 8,00 times!). We were home only long enough for Tyli to be changed and ready for bed before Mitchell, Cauley's cousin, arrived to help give McKade a blessing. McKade was so cute, sitting all by himself in the big kitchen chair folding his arms and squinting his eyes closed! He was so patient, as it was Mitch's first time anointing. He sat so still and good! He went to bed right after and slept well and woke up so happy this morning. He is doing well and loves to drink his medicine "like Dallin" out of a medicine cup. It's funny because I was told most kids won't take this kind because it's gross, but so far, so good! Thanks for everyone's prayers!
UPDATE of WALMART: I called the manager this morning to tell them about how I was treated last night. They said that that pharmacy has lost a lot of money this year by filling and mixing prescritions, only to have parents refuse to buy them because they can't afford them so they go to waste. As for the cashier, the situation is being looked into.
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