My husband has been complaining that I save all the jars in our house…this is the perfect pattern to hide them put them to good use. The only problem is that I’d have to figure out the measurements…and that requires work. This would also work as well for covering cans, or anything. The danger of glass jars would be the three small children who live here.
I’m not sure how my situation would compare to what one would have in the US. You can be the judge..
This morning, my little one put out her arms and said "up…peeeze", so I grabbed her by the arms, and lifted her up. She immediately started crying, and I had a sense that I had screwed up.
She kept fussing, but was calmer, so I brought her to childcare and told her caregiver, that there might be a problem. Before I had even finished dropping off the middle one, the caregiver called. So at 8:00 the story begins…
I first went straight to the medical clinic nearest our house, where our pediatrician works. First the secretary said nobody could help til the afternoon, and then the other secretary said that the pediatrician would be in in 5 minutes (8:30). He apologized to me and said this is something he doesn’t do, and I would have to go to the main clinic to the orthopedist.
So, I get her back in the car, and start driving to down town to the main clinic. I get there about 9:00 and am seen by the orthopedist almost immediately. The Arab orthopedist takes a look at her chats with me about the English word "pacifier". He gives a little twist to her arm, tells me to wait a few minutes to see if she starts using her arm, gives me a note for work (a requirement in this country) and sends me on my way.
By 9:30 the little one was back in childcare, and by 10:10 I was at work. (The note was from 8-10:30, so I was well covered.) This was all especially good, because today was Pope day and I couldn’t get on campus until after 9AM anyway.
So how does this compare to medical care in the US? What would you do? (Oh an notice this was all completely covered by my HMO.)
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