Vent

Normally when I get upset I vent by grouching at Jason or writing it all out and then deleting it. I figured since I have a blog this is the perfect time to vent and have it to look back on later. Tyler woke up on Friday morning with a little bit of gunk in his eyes and they were slightly pink. I did not think anything of it because he did not complain nor did he act sick or different in any way. I have had a cold so I thought he was just starting to come down with the same cold I had. That was true in one aspect. He woke up on Saturday morning with really gunky eyes and the gunk was green. His eyes were bright red and looked BAD. I gathered up the gas money to run him to the Emergency Room. We did not have the gas to go to Springfield so I took him to Carlinville Emergency Room. Our visit went as followed:

Tyler right after ER before he felt bad

First they told us as soon as we arrived that they had no rooms available so they were going to put us in the triage room. The nurse came in promptly after that and took his blood pressure ( it was normal) his oxygen level ( it was 97 and that is good) and asked a bunch of questions while trying to get him temp. He would not allow the nurse to take it by mouth so she used his under arm and it came back okay as well.
We sat in that room for a half hour when a nurse came and said she needed our "room" and moved Tyler to the lobby. We sat there for about 15 minutes and then they once again came and got us and put us in an "out patient area". We sat in that room for another half hour or so when the doctor finally came in to see him. Of course this whole time Tyler is acting out and whining because he is bored as I forgot to bring things with us for him to do.
The doctor come in and stands about 3 feet away from him and says " Yep that looks like pink eye, and it is in both eyes. I don't believe in treating it with medications because it is viral and it will run its course just like a common cold" and continues on to say use over the counter eye drops and tylenol and he will be fine. He then walks out of the room. He never one time touched my child. This means he did not look at his ears, throat etc.

Starting to feel like crap, but trying to smile

We sat in the room waiting for the nurse to bring discharge papers for another 10 minutes or longer and the "doctor" came back by the room. I stopped him and asked could you please check his ears. I know that when you get pink eye it tends to come with ear infections as well. This is where I about lost my lunch.
He looked at me and said "um sure, but I don't want to get to close to him as he is highly contagious" He did NOT touch Tyler at all. He made me turn his head and hold his ears.  Then told me that they were congested and had the start of fluid to watch him closely it could turn into infection and once again left the room. The nurse brought in discharge papers about 10 minutes after that and we left.
Since then Tyler has gained a fever, cough and more nasty looking nose. I am almost sure it is a sinus infection on top of the ear problems and pink eyes and he says his throat hurts. From what I can see there are no puss pockets, but without a doctor I will not know if he has strep too. I have never felt so PISSED off and helpless all at the same time. This is the worst doctor visit I have EVER had in my life and I really wish it would have been for me, not my 4 year old little boy who doesn't understand why he feels this way.

Right before he fell asleep

I will be taking him to another doctor ASAP.