Allergies???

About two weeks ago when all this pollen blew in, Korbyn and I both have had bad allergies.  She had the watery eyes, nasty cough (especially when she laid down) and a nose that dripped like a leaky faucet but that was also congested...just like I had!  Last Thursday her teacher called me and said she thinks that I should really get her checked out because her cough is getting pretty bad.  I didn't think I needed to take her but then I thought how bad I would feel if someone told me to get her checked and I didn't and she ended up having something. 

That next day I took her in to be checked.  Her dr. has a med student come in (without her) check them out and give a diagnosis then her dr. will come in after and do the exact same thing.  The med student came in and asked what was going on and I asked him "well I think it's just allergies, can babies her age get them?"  he said absolutely and that we can put her on Claritin if we needed to.  He proceeded to listen to her chest and check her out and he said it sounds like an upper respiratory infection.  Then her dr. came in, the med student was standing in the corner of the room, and asked the same thing and I said well I think it's just allergies and she replied "well babies this age really don't get allergies."  I just said OH! ok.  I didn't want to embarrass him so I didn't ask any more questions.  She said that when she listened to her chest it wasn't congested that what she hears is just in her nose, which I think is bull because you can feel her chest rattle when she breathes (and even a friend who held her yesterday said the exact same thing WITHOUT me even saying anything).  She finished up and said it's just a cold and then apologized that I had to drive all this way for just a cold! 

Sorry, I know when she has a cold, because she has had them and I expect her to get many more being in daycare, but this was so NOT a cold.  So she said if she wasn't better by Monday to call and we'll check her out again.  Well here it is a week from that Monday and I haven't taken her back there and I honestly don't think I will.  First of all it's an hour drive every time she needs to be seen and if I call with a question, they won't give you any advice over the phone, they just tell you they need to see her.  They also take several hours, sometimes going into the next day, to call back and here lately I haven't been feeling very comfortable with her dr.  I've seen three other dr.s in the practice and I have no complaints with them (except that one nutcase!) but it seems like her dr. isn't very thorough and tends to brush a lot of things off which is something I NEVER want in a dr. for Korbyn.  I know I probably sound like one of those neurotic moms whose dr. has to be perfect and meet their standards otherwise I complain but I don't think I should feel unsure every time I walk out of there. 

Yesterday evening I went into Walmart and just decided that I'm going to try some type of antihistamine and see if it helps.  I asked the pharmacist (who has always been so helpful when Colton and I go in there) if babies her age can get allergies and she said absolutely!  Then she showed me some medicines I could give her and how much.  We decided to try the children's Claritin.  I gave it to her last night (it's a once a day) and I know antihistamines have to build up in your body first before you usually notice a difference so I'm very curious to see in the next couple of days if it's working.

Loranne works in the same building as an allergist and she asked him if babies can get allergies and kind of explained to him what Korbyn had and he said it's unlikely, but yes they can get them and it sounds like she has an ongoing sinus infection.  And I've noticed in the past couple of days that her boogers have started turning green, but they are still clear sometimes too.  So I called the pediatric office in Elgin and set up an appointment with a new dr. for tomorrow.  I hope she doesn't have a sinus infection, but I hope they can at least give me an answer!!!