Hyper update

I called my family doctor's office this morning to see if we were doing the right thing by stopping Noah's Concerta medication. The answer was a resounding "no." Now luckily, he'd only gone one day without the pill before I came to my senses and realized I should call to make sure I wasn't harming my son.

So we logged onto the computer to find the closest walk in clinic. Michael thought it was in Celebration, the Walt Disney inspired "perfect" community. Michael and Jessie wanted to see this locale anyway, so it was the ideal opportunity to combine a medical trip with some sightseeing.

We got to see a lot of the beautiful town because we couldn't find the walk-in clinic. We even asked directions. We drove around the tree-lined streets with the lovely houses with the wrap around porches with no luck. We finally stopped at the hospital emergency clinic for proper directions.

The medical clinic ended up being just up the street from our house. It was in the plaza at which we killed time before we got the house on Saturday. Of course, we didn't pay attention to the walk in medical clinic because we didn't figure we'd need it.

So we spent about 1-1/2 hours of our Tuesday morning waiting for the doctor who spent approximately 45 seconds with us, asking three or four questions and writing a prescription for the needed five pills.

I mentioned to the doctor that we'd made an expensive mistake to which he replied he'd reduce the visit fee. So we paid only $164 instead of the $250 we were told was the minimum. Argh. And that's before we pay Walgreens for the five Concerta pills. Hopefully our out-of-country health coverage will cover the unexpected cost of the doctor's visit and our drug plan reimburses us for the medication.

Even if it doesn't, Noah's health is worth more than a few hundred dollars.

Tina