This night Emily woke with a fever again and we decided to go to the doctor. First I needed to call the insurance from our Credit Card to get an approval, then we needed to find a doctor which was ok for the insurance, since I called early (6:50am) they let me do whatever I wanted and find a doctor on my own. Also I called Disney to cancel our breakfast with the stars from, Disney Junior and they waved the penalty for a late cancellation. I also rebooked it for Thursday hoping she is better by then…

We found a a doctor in Celebration, the village originally developed by the Walt Disney Company, and decided to go there. At 8:00am I could and we got an appointment at 9:00am, pretty quick. The also informed about the rate which was something ranging from 150$-200$… Yes that blew my mind and I called our insurance company again. They told me that was an to be expected rate and we could proceed. 

We arrived on time, 8:50 in a beautiful Art Deco style building. The doctor office was brand new and had a child friendly design. It almost felt like a Disney waiting line for a attraction. 

First we started with a 25 minute wait, I paid the 150$ during the wait, then Danielle needed to fill out about 10 pages of paperwork and finally it was time for our 3 minute appointment. The doctor checked a couple things and found an ear infection, something we already expected as Emily was pulling on her ear since yesterday evening. 

To be honest I think it’s an insane rate for just looking in the ears of child and some other general checks. I’m really happy we always lived in countries with universal healthcare. I believe there are many parents in the US which can’t afford the healthcare their children deserve… 
Back to our appointment, it took an other 15 minutes to get the medical report and then they asked Emily (21 months old) if she wanted a lollipop…very interesting as they also have a dentist department. When we finally got the prescription before we were able to leave and go to a pharmacy and get the antibiotics. 
The pharmacy was part of the Publix and the antibiotics were free. Most interesting question I ever got at a pharmacy came next, which flavour…apple, banana, bubblegum, cherry, grape, grape/bubblegum, grapeade, lemon, orange, raspberry, sour apple, strawberry or watermelon. We went with Banana at a cost of 2,99$! 

We shopped for more items and brought everything home. Emily liked the bananantibiotics and after she got those we left to go to a new indoor play area at the Florida Mall. There is a lot of advertising available but to me it was a bit of a disappointment. Emily however played for a while. Besides playing we also shopped at a Macy’s and the Crocs store. 

We went home and Emily went to bed for another hour of sleep. And late in the afternoon we started with some meat on the BBQ. It was a bit warm and so dinner was over quick, them we played a little bit around the pool, Emily loves splashing with water.

Another laid back day in the greater Orlando area ended with writing this blog on the side of the pool with this lovely view:

Let’s hope the antibiotics do what they are supposed to do and we get our always smiling an giggling Emily back. 

Note to myself check the alarm settings on my iPhone when I let my daughter hold my phone. Some how she activated the alarm for 6:00am… 

Yes, Danielle and I were both bright awake! We decided to stay in bed and around 7:00am Emily woke up herself, she slept better as the previous nights but still not as good as before, she is also not 00% fit yet. 

After breakfast, she finally ate her slice of bread without struggling to much, she wanted to got the car. I know it’s a nice car to ride in as it’s huge but I believe that she wanted to do something else. We decided to just go to the nearest theme park which is Animal Kingdom.

Danielle got through security in no time as there is a special annual pass holder line. I needed to get my extension activated, this took about 20 minutes. And when that was done we met in line for Russel. 

Afterwards we were lucky and had a 10 minute only wait for Mickey and Minnie while they were on a signing session during there safari. That’s what I call lucky. 

We ended the visit with a short meet & greet with the #1 duck, Donald Duck. Here it became clear that Emily was tired, as she started crying when Donald took her autograph book to sign. We decided to leave the park, as soon as I started the engine she fell a sleep. 

She kept sleeping while we got ourselves some drinks at the Starbucks and woke up just before we got home around 13:00. We put her in bed and she slept a little bit till 3:00pm but shorter as usual. 

In the backyard we were splashing with water and we decided to go into the pool! Emily loved it as long as she could hold on to us or could sit on the stairs of the spa or pool. 

After swimming we weet for a quick dinner at Bahamas Breeze and after some shopping it was time to put Emily to bed, let’s hope she sleeps well and that she will be for tomorrow. 

Danielle watched some television while I’m finishing this blog. And with this blog you are up to date, meaning that this actually happened today,