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| - So my kid was sick with a cough and then after three days seemed to get better. Then, the night of her seeming improvement she tanked. Chills, fever, and a back ache... (Red alert.) She fell asleep on the sofa as I cooked her dinner. I tried to wake her up but she was out cold (but with sweating.) I sat next to her trying to check her temperature when she suddenly sat up and said her stomach really hurt, so I ran with her to the bathroom. Just as I was congratulating myself on diverting disaster in her own words, "Mommy I threw up a rainbow." If it had been a unicorn we would have been on our way to PCH, but after some cleaning up and a warm bath I got her back to bed. I stayed up until three in the morning until her fever broke, turning her pillow over to the cool side, and blowing cool air on her neck, and petting her hair and wishing her back to well. Wishing didn't work so I got on the phone. In the morning I called her amazing group of doctor's and got her in immediately. And that is how it is done at Camelback Pediatrics, they always see her if I call and request it. Her Doctor is Dr. Alexander and my daughter is madly in love with him, especially at three... she would cover her mouth and smile and giggle like a little geisha. We both love her doctor... he is smart, laid back, has a great sense of humor, is great with kids, and he explains things in a way a first time mom can understand. (He's been doing it for over twenty years so he has it down.) When my kid didn't walk at almost two years his diagnosis... she was lazy (it was a joke but it made me feel better... as I am very lazy and I thought, finally, something she gets from me.) She was walking weeks later. I just needed to relax and stop doing all her bidding (yeah, she was talking almost the moment she came out of the womb bossing me around so why walk?) The staff is all friendly and accommodating and we have seen almost every doctor in the practice and they are all wonderful. The waiting room is set up so well patients wait on one side of the office and sick on the other (smart.) To bad my own doctor's office isn't run so well. I wish I could take credit for finding such an amazing doctor but my friend Pam gave me the good advice. So thanks Pam! And thanks to Dr. Alexander for taking such great care of my little rainbow maker...
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