Poor little girl. She's had a nasty, nasty cough for three whole weeks. I'm shocking at maths, but three weeks to a seven month old baby is, like, yonks.
So I'm taking her to the doctors tomorrow, for the second time. Generally speaking I'm a big fan of the NHS, they looked after me excellently during both my pregnancies. And I was high risk and expensive. But whenever I go with my children I'm made to feel like a bit if a nuisance. It's probably not intentional, but surely if a baby is coughing so much she can't face solid food and is frequently throwing up her milk through coughing, something needs to be done?
I always feel like I'm being fobbed off when I'm told to give lots of fluids and perhaps try sitting in a steamy room. Just listen to her chest, tell me she sounds awful and give me drugs that will make her all better in the blink of an eye! Please?
It also amuses me endlessly that I bump into someone I know every time I go into the surgery in my village. Every time it happens its the same conversation: "Hello, how are you?" "Oh yes, very well thank you. You?" "Oh yes, fine thanks"
We're at the Doctors, clearly we're not fine. But we are British!
