Absolutely, Virginia.  I can't recall ever going to the doctor as a kid
just because I had a "bug".  Go get my head stitched up from jumping off
the garage roof?  Yeah, probably, but never for a runny nose.

7-up, chicken soup, slouching in my jammies on my dad's recliner and
watching soap operas (no cartoons during the week back then) was the
bomb when I was under the weather as a kid.  A visit to the doctor back
then also invariably meant a rendezvous with a shot.  Bad juju as far as
I was concerned.  I don't remember missing school more than two days in
a row--you had to be REALLY sick then.

Oddly enough, a relatively minor surgical procedure like a "heel cord
lengthening" meant a couple weeks in the hospital.  Nowadays they load
the kid up with Versed and pour him/her into the car a couple hours
after surgery.  Go figure.

Kyle

-----Original Message-----
From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Virginia Perry
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 12:06 PM
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Subject: Re: Flu discussion

Kyle

 

I always wonder about that....

 

Who are all these people going to the doc for sniffles and expensive
testing? I don't go OR take my kids until I see signs of secondary
infection or strep. I mean, there's no cure for the common cold, and you
have to give your body practice fighting off stuff (unless you have a
compromised immune system). Why overreact with antibiotics and
antivirals?  Plus, it's expensive. Rest, juice, soup, 7up. There ya go.

 

Of course, in some states, you can't have kids absent from school for
illness without a doctor's excuse. Thank goodness Idaho hasn't gone down
that path....
 

 

Virginia

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