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May 25, 10 | Posted by: Michelle Linsmeier, M.D.
Be a Hero
I was watching an old repeat of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition this week. I love the show. I always end up crying at the end when the family sees their new home. Plus, Ty (the carpenter) is cute to look at. Anyway, the episode I watched involved a family whose daughter had a serious blood disorder. Her immune system was weak, and she required weekly blood transfusions to stay alive. It was intense to see what this family, and especially this little girl, had to endure to live. At the end of the show, the cast talked about blood donation, and how it can save a life. I completely agree. And hopefully, I can motivate one or two people to donate blood this next week. More »
May 18, 10 | Posted by: Michelle Linsmeier, M.D.
Mom did know best
My family went out of town this last weekend, and while packing for the trip, I smiled at what I had laid out as “necessities” to pack. In my pile of mom-must-haves were a tube of antibiotic ointment, hydrocortisone 1% cream and A+D ointment. I also had the Tylenol, Motrin and benadryl bottles (all generics, thanks to the recent recall) ready to go. I thought of my mom, and how in some ways I have become her. She would have carried the same supplies – plus a large sampling of bandaids of all sizes. (At that moment, I remembered to pack the bandaids.) Medicine and parenting has definitely changed over the years, but some things hold fast. More »
Apr 20, 10 | Posted by: David Melbye, M.D.
Getting ready for summer
When we bought our house there was an old play set in the backyard that was not in the best condition. My wife wanted to get a new one last summer, but we held off and used some extra wood to brace it. It took a pretty good beating last winter, and there was no way it was going to make it through this summer. We were thinking about getting a rainbow system but I got “sticker shock” and decided I could build one myself. We went to Menard’s and bought a build-it-yourself set that was “easiest and fastest to build”. I should have known by the picture of the circular saw on the box that it really wasn’t going to be that easy. More »
Apr 5, 10 | Posted by: Bayshore Pediatrics
Can you find your school at Bayshore?
Next time your children are at Bayshore Pediatrics, you may notice something different on the walls around the clinic. To pay tribute to the schools that the children we care for attend, we now have school pennants on the walls. We will soon have a special map that shows where all the schools are. We even have some “challenge” schools – schools that staff attended when they were in high school, even some from Michigan, Alaska, and Racine (can you guess who they are?)
And what if we don’t have your school? We want to know. So next time your children come in, ask “where’s my school?” .
Here's a peek of what the schools look like.
Mar 10, 10 | Posted by: David Melbye, M.D.
What’s the deal with fevers?
Let me start by saying that babies under the age of 2 months are different than older kids. Any baby under the age of 2 months with a rectal temperature greater than 100.4 degrees should be evaluated urgently in a pediatric emergency department.
Having said that, kids over the age of 2 months are a different story. More »
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