Holy Spots, Batman!

After a long night of high fevers and overall misery, Jonas woke up covered in little red splotches all over his face. Chickenpox! My mind screamed, but somewhere from the mommy archive came the realization that he's been vaccinated against that particular childhood inevitablity. So it was off to the doctor's office for us.

My pediatrician's office has a walk-in hour first thing in the morning, and it works beautifully. We were in and out in under half an hour. The diagnosis: an ear infection (again) and some sort of virus that is apparently making it's way through all the daycares in town. Dr. Wynn said he's seen at least 12 kids with the same thing in the past few days.

So, other than looking a little funny, it's nothing major and just has to run it's course. He did prescribe an antibiotic for his ear infection, though, that cost $30 even with insurance coverage! Ugh! The pharmaceutical business is making a killing on this stuff. But what choice do you have?