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January 10, 2006
Are things crazy
(priced that is...)
or is it just me??
Hannah has been sick with a bad cough for about 4 days now. Coughing, coughing, coughing! It's worse at night of course! We are up a lot and I've been giving her an herbal cough syrup without any alcohol in it and I've even tried honey and lemon. I've been rubbing vicks on her chest and running the vaporizor too, but to no avail.
So, this morning I decided to stay home from work and keep her home from school and took her up to see Doc Bouchard in Canada. $15 and he tells you what's wrong and gives you a prescription! So, he said she had bronchitis and gave me some cough syrup with codiene, (she'll at least sleep!) and put her on zithromax. Well, seeing that he is not an American doctor, although he does have a state license for our state to practice and treat, my insurance, that I pay over $200 a month for, won't cover his prescriptions because he's not listed as a provider. So, the cough syrup was $7 and the Zithromax was $54! For five days worth! Per teaspoon that is about $11 per dose!!! Unreal I tell ya!
Then, I go to the gas station, once I got back across the border and realize that gasoline is now back up to $2.45 per gallon! $15 and it got me a mere quarter of a tank!
So, then back home, gave Hannah her medicine and then we hung out on the couch watching old home videos and Gosh how I laughed and even cried!
I've calmed down now about the cost of things today, LOL. I guess I am tooooo much like my dear father!
Posted by tracey at January 10, 2006 11:15 AM