~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This message is from PedTalk! To reply to the group, use "" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Burlingham--Your bad days sound pretty bad!! I have "bad days" too, but they generally always revolve around something like a mother just moved here from Puerto Rico with a 3 year old who has frequent nosebleeds, an 8 year old who was way behind in school before they moved and also has asthma(no they didn't bring any of his asthma stuff with them to the US) and a 9 year old who was diagnosed with hypoglycemia 3 years ago who hates cheese, meat, peanut butter, eggs and yogurt and will only eat corn. (And how long will this take because my brother-in-law is waiting in the car for us?) None of the boys speak English, by the way. Followed by a teenager who has been having dizzy and shaking spells at school, feels tired all the time, practices with her drum and bugle corp 6 hours a day, is worried about her weight, eats no breakfast, lunch and very little for supper. Followed by a 17 year old young lady from Mexico, here without a "green card", who had brain surgery 4 years ago and is now complaining of headaches and numbness around the eyes but is most worried about a chalazion on her eyelid--she has no way to pay for any medical care (I run a free clinic)....these things always seem to come up in a FULL waiting room.:-)...Trudi Scott, CPNP