Transcript
Kelly (0:01)
Welcome to the carpool podcast with Kelly. You know, when we're outside with the kids, I'm like, heidi, I'll jump on the trampoline with you. Like, what if I just got on the trampoline? And then the other day, like, all the kids were off the trampoline, but, like, I hadn't had my 10 minutes and, like, Tyler walks by.
Liz (0:15)
What are you doing? And Liz, anytime a new nurse or someone would come in, they'd be like, how's he doing? He's like, it's a girl. She's just in her brother's shirt.
Kelly (0:26)
She threw off your mom. Time off starts now. Welcome back to the carpool podcast with Kelly and Liz. Hey, Liz.
Liz (0:37)
Hi. I feel, in case you missed it, I spent the weekend in the ER and the hospital. Not me. Well, I did, but it was for Sloan. And I am just, like, now coming to a moment where, like, my kids are with their father. I have a moment to debrief, and I'm just happy to be back. Back on the mic. What a freaking whirlwind.
Kelly (1:13)
I mean, why don't you just, like, kind of get into. I know you, like, want to get into the story.
Liz (1:17)
I want to say. I want to say a little bit about it. Probably more than a little bit about it, because there is something that now I will always check for.
Kelly (1:28)
Me, too.
Liz (1:29)
And gosh, you just don't know what you don't know. Like, last week I. Last week I didn't know anything, and now I know so much about, like, infections and stuff. Okay, so I'm just gonna get into it because I was, like, so vague on my stories, and I know everyone was really kind and, like, curious. So. Yeah, so Sloan ended up in the ER and then we ended up being hospitalized for two nights. It started as, let's see, Thursday. She had, like a. Like, woke up with, like, a low grade fever. I'm like, okay, whatever. No big deal. By the end of the night, it turned into, like, 102, and I'm like, okay, I'll. You know, we just had the flu, so, like, I'm kind of used to, like, a 104, you know, like, I feel like I'm. I'm around fevers a lot, so I'm like, okay, I'll call. You know, I'll get a doctor's appointment first thing in the morning, 9:30. The next morning, I take her to the. To the doctor. And this is where I feel like my pediatrician.
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Liz (2:27)
We're going to be looking for a new Pediatrician. This is not the only reason. There's other reasons, but this was kind of like the final nail in the coffin for me. I take her to the pediatrician, and I'm like, hey, I think she has an ear infection. Because I have, like, one of those ear things, and. And I could see her infection. She's like, okay, yep, she's got an ear infection. We're gonna go ahead and put her on this antibiotic, but it's not amoxicillin. Has she have any bad reactions to amoxyl? And I'm like, no, she's. No, she takes. She's had amoxilin. That's fine. She's like, okay, whatever. We know we're just gonna give her this different one that's specific only for ear infections or something. I'm like, okay, well, I guess that's fine. What she didn't do and what. Why I think we could have avoided hospitalization is she did not do. She didn't, like, check her glands or her lymph nodes, I should say. That's the right word, lymph nodes. And, you know, it's like, even at a well visit, they check your kids lymph nodes. I'm like, chill out. Like, you don't need to, like, check your lymph nodes. Like, they're fine.