Ahhhh.....The Health Department

So I may not have the highest opinion about the health department, but there is some good news; anything they require or refer is paid for by the health department. The chest xrays they will require in October; covered. The monthly eye exams; sorta covered (this one is tricky, but at least THEY will argue with my insurance, not me) The PPD's they require us all to retake in 6 more weeks; covered. Now I am just trying to convince the nurse that some labs need to be required. (she said she will ask the doctor today).
Tomorrow is his last day of daily medicine. After tomorrow he goes on a Tues and Fri schedule. The search is still active to figure out where Ollie could have gotten TB. Clearly the parameters they have set for most people do not apply in his case. I am told going beyond the 6 month search may actually exceed the law, but the nurse has asked the state health department for clarification. It amuses me that people still don't get that they are looking for his exposure, not who he may have infected. But whatever.

Wednesday we go back to Chapel Hill to see the Infectious Disease doctor. You know you're in serious business when you have your own infectious disease physician.

But I will take a moment and just reaffirm that his pediatrician remains the one doctor that stands above the rest, because without him we could still be trying to figure out why Ollie just didn't seem as well as he should.