mudpuppysmom
10-24-2009, 09:10 AM
Day 3 started out just fine, like the other days had, but things are brewing and we wake up to DS#1 having a slight fever -- but it's doable b/c I didn't make a big deal of him having a slight fever and he didn't complain about anything, so I didn't suggest anything -- which if you do that with him, he'll automatically say "I'm sick, I can't".
So off we go to get some Motrin/Tylenol as I have only a few in the tolietry bag.....while I'm there I decide to get an ice pack too (DS#1 likes to sleep with one on his tummy when he gets sick). So now we're off to AK for what I'm hoping to be a great day. DS#1 LOVES AK, we usually spend the ENTIRE day there and then another half day.
As we are walking towards the safari to grab a FP DS#1 tells me he's not feeling so hot, but again I brush it off and feel his head, which is getting warmer......I start to get a little concerned, but he hasn't said "I'm sick we have to leave", which he'll do, I know he will or I'll have to tell him when he sits on a bench to take a break, whichever comes first. We grab our FP and by this time it's 11:30, so I decide that we might check Tusker House to see if we can get in early for our 12:15 ADR. I walk up to the podium and the CM tells me to go around the corner to check in -- I forgot until this moment that you had to do that and when I turned the corner the MOB was there.....By the time I got to the front of the line it was noon! People were having problems checking in or something! The CM told me it was too early to check in -- Uh, it's 15 minutes.....you tell me to come 20 min early and here I am and now you tell me it's too early?!?!?!? DS#2 decides at this moment he's ready for his meltdown and begins -- DH walks him around to calm him, which works for about 40 seconds.....so now we're a show -- we're the only people with a screaming kid -- we apparently have waited too long to do something with him looks dart at us, but I ignore them as DS#2 does this b/c as it turns out HE too is not feeling real swell. We get in and our server takes our drink orders and notices that we have an allergy with us. She summons Chef Ricardo who comes out and looks puzzled, which I'm really not worried about, b/c we have been here before and I sorta knew already what we'd feed DS#2 -- I made this ADR knowing he'd be able to eat here and also the other night at AKL's Saana without too much problem. So we chat for a moment and then he suggests we walk thru the buffet......well this was the only place that had I not already known what was there I would have been unsure if I wanted to feed DS#2 anything.....I specifically stated no meat, soy or dairy and I get told he can "eat the chicken with curry"......uh, he can't eat chicken I say -- "oHHHHHH yeeah, yeah, yeah, OK." OK! Chicken is the main ingredient dude!!! I only had a few questins as to what the rice was cooked in and also something else....as long as they cook things in water, we're fine, if it's beef or chicken stock he can't have it -- it wo:beer:uld need to be vegetable stock. SO, I loaded up the plate with hummus and naan and pita bread, basmati rice and fruit and boy was he happy! Here is where I suggested to DS#1 that we lake it slower......he decided to eat very little at lunch -- usually the first indicator that kids are under the weather. After lunch we went on the safari and our guide Kim was great! We saw few animals though -- one encounter was great though -- the rhinos ran right up to our car and then trotted on by -- later I realized they were going in to eat when we took the train to Rafiki's. We had gotten baby swap tickets since DS#2 was sleeping but when we got off DH didn't want to go again, and we had skipped the Pangani Forest as DS#1 said he didn't want to go -- a BIG indicator that he was not feeling well. He wanted instead to go to Rafiki's.....so he and I did and when we got over there he just walked thru like a zombie. At this point I feel his head and he's very warm.....on the train ride back over he suggests we go back to the hotel for a nap! This from the kid who could live at AK! So I hook back up with DH and DS#2 is still asleep.....I tell him we're stopping at first aid to get a temp reading......we go in and the nurse gives me a throwaway thermometer plastic strip thingie.....we take his temp and she reads the thing (It was weird to look at it, you had to count dots or something) and she tells me "he's normal".....she looks at the puddle of a kid on the floor and I insist this is not normal.....she sees a water bottle in his hand as says, let's take it under his arm....which turns out to be 102.8 -- yep J you just bought yourself a nap and a call to Dr. T back home....so we muddle our way out of the park with a few bench stops along the way -- he faded fast! Back at the homestead I knew the hotel would not be much help as we might be ON Disney property, but this was NOT a Disney hotel.....so I call our ped and he tells me to feed him Motrin/Tylenol and see how he is in a few hours. I decide to call our insurance to find out where we can go to seek care just in case we need to go to a dr. Member services tells me to go to Centra Care (the nurse at AK had suggested this also and given me a brochure -- complete with "they'll pick you up and take you back free of charge" -- well, let me tell you nothing is "free" about Centra Care! It was told to me by our insurance that yes we could go tthere and a $20 copay would be needed -- so we later drive to Centra Care when his fever hit 103.5....after "Betty" the GPS tells me the place is on the right side of the road, I see it on the LEFT side, so I need to turn around....I'm met at Centra Care with a 2 1/2 hr wait and oh by the way we don't accept your insurance! Your copay will be $237. I say what about one of your other locations -- is the wait less? I'm TOLD Kissimmee has a 30-45 mintue wait AND their pay OOP is less (yeah, tourist trap at LBV). So I go out and call Kissimmee and am told NO, it's a 2 1/2 hr wait there too! I trude back in with DS in tow and he's really whiney at this point and I'm frustrated, but I fill out the paperwork on their computer, which everyone else is filling out actual papers, so I'm confused here....they call my name after a short wait and now tell me that they will collect my copay now (I guess you are a prisoner then, until you are seen!) Now however the copay is $450! I say give me my drivers license and debit card we're leaving and going to the ER! I think they wanted me to pay for everyone's "free" shuttle ride for the week!!! Back in the car, DS is telling me all he wants to do is lay down and take a nap, so I call the peed back home and he tells me to do just that -- watch him, let him sleep and try to keep him hydrated and call him in the morning. Back at the homestead DS falls asleep immediately upon hitting the bed -- wakes up three hours later and wants popsicles! We had not eaten dinner yet, so DH tells me to pick up some sandwiches while i"m out. I decide that Earl of Sandwich will be dinner. After an argument in the parking lot at DTD with a man who would not budge out of his space that I went around and another guy who sat in his car on the corner of the aisle not moving so I can squeeze past I park and go in grab sandwiches and am on my way to Walmart! I figured I might as well complete my tour with a stop there, since I had been to Target, Walgreens and now Walmart is on my list! In Walmart DS#2 and I pick up a thermometer, popsicles and a case of water as we blew threw the first case in less than three days! I got the very last popsicles on the shelf -- that tells me everyone in the area must be sick! At the register -- take this for what it's worth -- the cashier tells the lady in front of me he used to be an Imagineer for Disney and he hears they will be taking Test Track out and replacing it with a new exciting ride. Ok, dude, you used to be an Imagineer at Disney and now you're working at Walmart as a cashier?? OK. Back home DS#1 eats two mini popsicles and crashes agian -- I stuff the remaining 22 popsicles and the ice pack in the freezer portion of our dorm size fridge.......We eat our sandwiches and DS#2 eats some hummus I had made for him and half a PBJ -- we all decide it's time for bed!
So off we go to get some Motrin/Tylenol as I have only a few in the tolietry bag.....while I'm there I decide to get an ice pack too (DS#1 likes to sleep with one on his tummy when he gets sick). So now we're off to AK for what I'm hoping to be a great day. DS#1 LOVES AK, we usually spend the ENTIRE day there and then another half day.
As we are walking towards the safari to grab a FP DS#1 tells me he's not feeling so hot, but again I brush it off and feel his head, which is getting warmer......I start to get a little concerned, but he hasn't said "I'm sick we have to leave", which he'll do, I know he will or I'll have to tell him when he sits on a bench to take a break, whichever comes first. We grab our FP and by this time it's 11:30, so I decide that we might check Tusker House to see if we can get in early for our 12:15 ADR. I walk up to the podium and the CM tells me to go around the corner to check in -- I forgot until this moment that you had to do that and when I turned the corner the MOB was there.....By the time I got to the front of the line it was noon! People were having problems checking in or something! The CM told me it was too early to check in -- Uh, it's 15 minutes.....you tell me to come 20 min early and here I am and now you tell me it's too early?!?!?!? DS#2 decides at this moment he's ready for his meltdown and begins -- DH walks him around to calm him, which works for about 40 seconds.....so now we're a show -- we're the only people with a screaming kid -- we apparently have waited too long to do something with him looks dart at us, but I ignore them as DS#2 does this b/c as it turns out HE too is not feeling real swell. We get in and our server takes our drink orders and notices that we have an allergy with us. She summons Chef Ricardo who comes out and looks puzzled, which I'm really not worried about, b/c we have been here before and I sorta knew already what we'd feed DS#2 -- I made this ADR knowing he'd be able to eat here and also the other night at AKL's Saana without too much problem. So we chat for a moment and then he suggests we walk thru the buffet......well this was the only place that had I not already known what was there I would have been unsure if I wanted to feed DS#2 anything.....I specifically stated no meat, soy or dairy and I get told he can "eat the chicken with curry"......uh, he can't eat chicken I say -- "oHHHHHH yeeah, yeah, yeah, OK." OK! Chicken is the main ingredient dude!!! I only had a few questins as to what the rice was cooked in and also something else....as long as they cook things in water, we're fine, if it's beef or chicken stock he can't have it -- it wo:beer:uld need to be vegetable stock. SO, I loaded up the plate with hummus and naan and pita bread, basmati rice and fruit and boy was he happy! Here is where I suggested to DS#1 that we lake it slower......he decided to eat very little at lunch -- usually the first indicator that kids are under the weather. After lunch we went on the safari and our guide Kim was great! We saw few animals though -- one encounter was great though -- the rhinos ran right up to our car and then trotted on by -- later I realized they were going in to eat when we took the train to Rafiki's. We had gotten baby swap tickets since DS#2 was sleeping but when we got off DH didn't want to go again, and we had skipped the Pangani Forest as DS#1 said he didn't want to go -- a BIG indicator that he was not feeling well. He wanted instead to go to Rafiki's.....so he and I did and when we got over there he just walked thru like a zombie. At this point I feel his head and he's very warm.....on the train ride back over he suggests we go back to the hotel for a nap! This from the kid who could live at AK! So I hook back up with DH and DS#2 is still asleep.....I tell him we're stopping at first aid to get a temp reading......we go in and the nurse gives me a throwaway thermometer plastic strip thingie.....we take his temp and she reads the thing (It was weird to look at it, you had to count dots or something) and she tells me "he's normal".....she looks at the puddle of a kid on the floor and I insist this is not normal.....she sees a water bottle in his hand as says, let's take it under his arm....which turns out to be 102.8 -- yep J you just bought yourself a nap and a call to Dr. T back home....so we muddle our way out of the park with a few bench stops along the way -- he faded fast! Back at the homestead I knew the hotel would not be much help as we might be ON Disney property, but this was NOT a Disney hotel.....so I call our ped and he tells me to feed him Motrin/Tylenol and see how he is in a few hours. I decide to call our insurance to find out where we can go to seek care just in case we need to go to a dr. Member services tells me to go to Centra Care (the nurse at AK had suggested this also and given me a brochure -- complete with "they'll pick you up and take you back free of charge" -- well, let me tell you nothing is "free" about Centra Care! It was told to me by our insurance that yes we could go tthere and a $20 copay would be needed -- so we later drive to Centra Care when his fever hit 103.5....after "Betty" the GPS tells me the place is on the right side of the road, I see it on the LEFT side, so I need to turn around....I'm met at Centra Care with a 2 1/2 hr wait and oh by the way we don't accept your insurance! Your copay will be $237. I say what about one of your other locations -- is the wait less? I'm TOLD Kissimmee has a 30-45 mintue wait AND their pay OOP is less (yeah, tourist trap at LBV). So I go out and call Kissimmee and am told NO, it's a 2 1/2 hr wait there too! I trude back in with DS in tow and he's really whiney at this point and I'm frustrated, but I fill out the paperwork on their computer, which everyone else is filling out actual papers, so I'm confused here....they call my name after a short wait and now tell me that they will collect my copay now (I guess you are a prisoner then, until you are seen!) Now however the copay is $450! I say give me my drivers license and debit card we're leaving and going to the ER! I think they wanted me to pay for everyone's "free" shuttle ride for the week!!! Back in the car, DS is telling me all he wants to do is lay down and take a nap, so I call the peed back home and he tells me to do just that -- watch him, let him sleep and try to keep him hydrated and call him in the morning. Back at the homestead DS falls asleep immediately upon hitting the bed -- wakes up three hours later and wants popsicles! We had not eaten dinner yet, so DH tells me to pick up some sandwiches while i"m out. I decide that Earl of Sandwich will be dinner. After an argument in the parking lot at DTD with a man who would not budge out of his space that I went around and another guy who sat in his car on the corner of the aisle not moving so I can squeeze past I park and go in grab sandwiches and am on my way to Walmart! I figured I might as well complete my tour with a stop there, since I had been to Target, Walgreens and now Walmart is on my list! In Walmart DS#2 and I pick up a thermometer, popsicles and a case of water as we blew threw the first case in less than three days! I got the very last popsicles on the shelf -- that tells me everyone in the area must be sick! At the register -- take this for what it's worth -- the cashier tells the lady in front of me he used to be an Imagineer for Disney and he hears they will be taking Test Track out and replacing it with a new exciting ride. Ok, dude, you used to be an Imagineer at Disney and now you're working at Walmart as a cashier?? OK. Back home DS#1 eats two mini popsicles and crashes agian -- I stuff the remaining 22 popsicles and the ice pack in the freezer portion of our dorm size fridge.......We eat our sandwiches and DS#2 eats some hummus I had made for him and half a PBJ -- we all decide it's time for bed!