So my poorly little man came out of school yesterday and started crying. When i asked him what was wrong he told me that his ear hurt! So home we went for some Calpol.
Four hours later he woke crying ( He is a very good sleeper so we knew something was wrong) He sat with us for a while then went off, back to bed.
Two hours later we had more tears, so we gave him some Nurofen and sat with him again, this time he wouldn't settle.
I rang our on call doctors number and the GP rang back in 15 minutes, i explained his symptoms and he wanted to take a look at my little man.
We were there and back in 15 mins. Diagnosis, inflamed ear. Treatment, Calpol and Nurofen. Now that is out of hours service you can't complain about!
During the night he slept, i woke him at 8am and there was blood on his pillow which was coming out of his ear. He said his ear was now fine but he felt funny.
We rang the doctors, battled with the nosey receptionist who wants to know all the details, not that it is any of her business, seeing as she is not able to diagnose or offer treatment and booked him an appointment, more calpol and nurofen while we were waiting!
So we finally arrive at the GP's room.
Ahhhh, it appears he may have had an infection and perforated his ear drum! (well i kind of already knew that!)
I will give you a prescription for some antibiotics, it is up to you if you give them him or not, if he is feverish then i would say he needs them but i'm not too sure!
Well thank you, that is most helpful! If i am given this decision to make, why can i not walk into the pharmacy and buy them over the counter? Because i probably would have done yesterday evening! But instead i smile, say thank and leave!
After a few hours of waiting to see how he was i popped to Tesco and picked up the prescription.
Has anyone else had a problem with their GP?
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