Small amount of protein in one’s urine does not necessarily give a call for alarm. Brett was coming in for his high school physical.Because of the covid-19 (coronavirus)shutdownboth parents were able to come with him. He was going to be a junior in the fall and was hoping to get a lot of playing […]
Read More →Mrs. X brought her daughter to see me for a sick visit,thinking she might have an ear infection. I had seen her two weeks ago for her 9 month well-check.She was doing just fine in regard to her growth and development. For the past few days Briana had been fussy, irritable,eating less and rubbing […]
Read More →Just after Thanksgiving I saw an 11 year old patient who was brought in for fever, cough, and nasal congestion. His mom said that it started with a sore throat about 4 days ago, then he developed a hacky cough and a clear runny nose. The sore throat only lasted 1-2 days, but he […]
Read More →It was around 10:00p.m. when I got the call from the exchange. “My daughter is 16 months old and she has a fever of 101 degrees. Jon, a 14-year-old patient of mine, is a freshman in high school. I did his sports physical this summer as he was going out for the cross country […]
Read More →It was around 10:00p.m. when I got the call from the exchange. “My daughter is 16 months old and she has a fever of 101 degrees. Should I take her to an urgent care or the emergency room?” the distressed mom asked. In 35 years of practice I cannot count how many of these […]
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