And while we're at it...

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Michelle is on her way with Jami to the Urgent Care office at Children's Mercy North - a far cheaper alternative to the emergency room. He's on round two of this head thing-y, and round 2 is always worse. We just figured that it would be better to get him in, get some meds, be pro-active, rather than waiting until Monday for the regular doc and keeping him miserable for longer than is strictly necessary. Of course, by that same action, we're also avoiding the risk of another eardrum blowout, which is always a good thing.

He's an unhappy boy, but at least what he suffers from now isn't rare or life-threatening, a far cry from two years ago.

We watched Wall-E this afternoon. Heavy handed and preachy, but all in all an amazing movie. If I felt better I'd have cried like a baby at the end when Eve rebuilds him and...

Well, don't want to spoil it for you, if you haven't seen it. We'll be adding it to the collection.

We also watched the Patrick Stewart version of A Christmas Carol. I know I'm in the minority on this, but I find Stewart to be a one-note actor. He plays the note well, but he's not particularly exciting to watch. He did far better work on ST:TNG. The movie was boring, the directing ham-handed, and the cinematography was flat. (And whose idiotic idea was it to give the Ghost of Christmas yet to Come glowing eyes but human hands? He's like a seven foot jawa...) The only standout in the cast was Bernard Lloyd, in the role of Jacob Marley, onscreen for too brief a time.

Comments

is he ok?

[jogreen.livejournal.com]

How's your little guy? We have had our share of serious illness around here. My second home was the Ronald McD houses near in 3 different cities for awhile. Hope he is doing ok.

Hope you are feeling better too.

Re: is he ok?

[billthetailor.livejournal.com]

Thank you. He's doing okay for a kid with a bad cold.

Through about his third birthday, we've had to deal with all sorts of mysterious illnesses. I remember remarking to Michelle one day, "Just once I'd like to hear a doctor talk about my son's health, and not use the word 'rare.'"

He was born with pectus excavatum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectus_excavatum), something we'll have corrected when he turns nine. It doesn't really affect him at all right now, but would once he hit high school and started sports (decreased lung capacity.)

The worst was right before his second birthday. He also suffers from ITP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_thrombocytopenic_purpura), a disorder where the body's immune system turns against it's own red blood cells. Thankfully, he's grown out of that.

Detailed here (http://billthetailor.livejournal.com/76899.html).

Now, though, he's just a kid with a bad head cold. Just like his old man. We'll both be right as rain by Wednesday.

glad to hear...

[themadblonde]

it's not more serious. Hope you're both feeling better soon.