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.