three hours

P's been coughing for weeks on & off. Not really too bad, but it kept coming & leaving. It's been very windy for weeks over here, so I assumed it was because of that. Turned out that last night, he coughed a whole lot, and we really couldn't leave him like this anymore. So we decided to take him to our doctor this morning. I went with him. (sharing doctor duties with hubby, he's with U at the orthoptist)

our doctor starts in his office at 10am. Between 8 & 10, I think he visits people at their homes, then he comes to his office. So if you arrive at 10am, there should be already people waiting for him. But when we arrived this morning, at 09.15am, I thought there'd be one or two, or maybe three persons (crossing fingers that there'd be noone !) ... what was my surprise to see 7 persons in that small waiting room. There were only two sets left. One for P, and one for me. Oh boy.

the doctor should have arrived around 10, but he had troubles with his car, and he arrived at 10.25am. Ouch. When it was finally OUR turn ... it was ... 12.15am. Three whole hours. I could have left, but we couldn't come tomorrow as he has school & the doctor's hours are the same as school's ! So we stayed. Turns out that P has a tracheitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis. A bit of everything at the same time. So he has medication now & it should be better soon.

these three hours went so slow, and fast at the same time. I regret I hadn't brought a water bottle, though. Everyone was reading gossip mags, playing or listening music on their phones. But I had brought something else with me. No, not embroidery (note to self : MUST think to have a "on-the-go" embroidery bag) ... but my Moleskine notebook & a Pigma Micron pen for me, another pocket notebook & a pencil & a cartoon for P.

during these three hours, I noted down several lists (please call me the Professional ListMaker, ugh), mainly of things I must do the next few days & weeks. I drew, doodled, looked at my watch a thousand times I admitt).

I also had P do maths, he also drew on his own, then I played tictactoe with him, then he read a bit his cartoon, and I had to find other quiet games to do with him. I decided to draw a face. Simply the outline only, and then I asked him to draw the eyes. I drew the mouth, he added the nose, I added the ears, he added hair, I added a moustache, he added a cap, I added his chest, he added tatoos ... etc etc etc etc .... you get the idea, I suppose !
then, once this was over, I decided to draw outlines of a simple house. And we decorated bit by bit the interior. That was good fun, he loved it as much as I did ! He even drew the basement, and I added mice ! LOL

now, we're back from the doctor, but I really MUST learn the lesson. The last time, when I had to take P to the emergency room for his nose, I didn't have cash, not a bottle of water, nothing at all but my wallet (but no cash !), a notebook & a pen, and tissues. That was clearly NOT enough, specially for staying in waiting rooms for so long.

I don't know if you have to wait a lot at your doctor's office ... but I need to work something out, for me, but for all mamas-who-have-to-stay-in-doctor's-waiting-room-with-little-ones out there. So ... well ... stay tuned for something related to that. I don't know when, but I'm sure something will come out of these experiences.

I just wish I had my favorite doctor around the corner ... :)

ok, must really go now. After the doctor we had lunch, and after lunch I had to go to the shops. So now I have few time left to keep the house in order & I'll see if I can squeeze some crafty time before U & hubby comes back from the ortoptist's.

oxox

Sonia