Doctor Dramatic

My neighbor/ other mother/ friend/ kidsitter who my son knows as Granny(that was a mouthful!), made a good call today when she let me know my son went from being a semi movable blob to a complete unmovable, feverish blob. Turns out both his ears are infected,and his tonsils are practically touching. Poor baby, explains alot though. Like why he got up from bed 5 times in under an hour last night. Got the usual Amoxicillin from his doctor, and was on our somewhat merry way. Oh, but let's not forget the little speech I got about what to look for regarding Kenny's tonsils. Yes, they are inflamed but that's normal considering the circumstances. If they don't get better  then we have a problem. And while Kenny's doc means well, I've gotten to the point where I start to ignore half of the things that come out of his mouth. I thought I was dramatic, I certainly don't need my son's doctor to be too! Like the time Kenny and I went when he was about 2 1/2. The doc told me he wasn't growing and that he wanted me to pump him full of high calorie things like carnation instant breakfast ( which he hated) so Kenny would put on some weight. He then wanted to see him again in two months to check his progress and if he wasn't growing he wanted to check his liver. It sent me and Kenny's dad in a panic for about a day. I look back now and laugh. My child might be smaller then some, but he's got short parents. So whateverr. First thing the doc said when he saw Kenny today? " Oh wow! Look how tall he's getting!" I had to bite my tongue so I wouldn't respond with " imagine that! " or "duh."
 So today I got the serious talk about Kenny's tonsils and "the signs I need to watch out for" which would indicate he might have sleep apnea or need to have his tonsils removed.  They are as follows: 1, snoring ( he's done since he was an infant). 2, restless sleeping ( what child DOESN'T roll all over the place at night?) and 3, sleepiness during the day ( which is why we take naps still).While I'm not ruling out sleep apnea considering Kenny's dad has it, I'm also not going to get my panties in a twist over someone who looked at my son's tonsils for a total of 2 seconds. I want to tell him sometimes to just calm down, I'll be on the look out for it but lets not jump the gun and start planning the kid's tonsil surgery or anything. Sheesh.

So we get home and I immediately pump the kid with his dosage of drugs for his ears. I tell my boss I'll be at work in the morning unless his fever comes back and was then gearing up for some major snuggling on the couch. Almost an hour later Kenny tells me he has lice all over his legs and is scratching them constantly. So what if the kid as an itch? I knew it wasn't lice! I'm slow apparently, and it took me another 30 minutes after that to realize that he was covered in hives. Even though he's had Amoxicillin before, it's apparently common to develop allergies to things you've previously taken. So it's back to Doctor Dramatic in the morning. I'm sure this time he'll tell me Kenny has a rare fungus all over his body, and his arms and legs will have to be amputated.