Back to the im ok syndrome

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Nick has not had his vioxx for 3 days... im out of samples and his

rx is late arriving in the mail ( i get 3 months for 1 mth copay) I

figured it would'nt hurt to see how he does for a few days without

meds. I would really like to get him off meds if he doesnt really

need them, and if he did start to complain I could give him some

naprosyn.

Anyhows he wakes me at 12.30 this morning running a 103 temp, he

looks just awful and complains his knees both hurt. We spend the

rest of the night on the sofas trying to sleep and off to our ped we

go this morning. I had strep last week and I wanted to rule that out

before calling his rheummy. He was not complaining of a sore throat.

Nick cannot stay awake and is alseep on the table when the doc walks

in, after a few minutes of trying to wake up Nick he finally stirs.

His eyes are glassy and have huge black rings under them, his face

is flushed and his ears are glowing red, hes hunched over on the

table trying to sit up and the doc asks him how hes doing...

You can all guess his reply.... " Im doing fine " he says and i burst

out laughing remembering all the posts on the list. The doc starts

asking him a bunch of questions... does it hurt pee??? to which Nick

says yes, it hurts standing up!! well duh, if his knees hurt then it

would hurt standing to pee. But thats not what the doc was getting

at.

Anyhows, it turns out Nick has strep and his knees are hurting from

not having his vioxx. its hard to tell if his temp is strep related

or systemic related. It had gone today, but its now shooting up

again. I guess we will see how he does in the next few days, once

the anti-biotics start working on the strep we will see if hes

actually flaring with a sys temp....

Thought you would all get a chuckle out of the " im fine " comment...

hugs Helen and (6, systemic)