{"id":8346,"date":"2010-03-27T11:24:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-27T03:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/03\/27\/another-visit-to-the-pd\/"},"modified":"2018-04-03T15:58:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T07:58:13","slug":"another-visit-to-the-pd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/03\/27\/another-visit-to-the-pd\/","title":{"rendered":"Another visit to the PD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hannah has been down with a mild runny nose for two weeks now, and it\u2019s been causing her to be more irritable than usual with the two main effects centered on more wailing for attention, and also somewhat harder feeds. We were hoping to see if she could recover on her own, but after waiting for a fortnight, we gave up and hit her clinic this morning to see her pediatrician again. Yep, those crazy long waits.<\/p>\n

The clinic opens at 0900, but Ling wanted to get there early. As we were talking out of the door at 0810, I asked, \u201cSo what are the chances that there\u2019ll be already a queue forming already at 0830?\u201d, and Ling sighed \u201cMost likely.\u201d<\/p>\n

And sure enough, Singaporeans being Singaporeans \u2013 when we got to the clinic at 0825, there was<\/em><\/strong> already a queue! Singaporeans line up to get their HDB, their condo, tickets to NDP, Primary 1 registration, bak kwa \u2013 why should lining up to see a doctor be any different. We got a queue number when the clinic opened its doors, then headed to Long John Silver for a family brunch before returning to the clinic to wait till our turn.<\/p>\n

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By the time it got to about ten, there must had been at least seven or eight babies and kids with accompanying adults (mothers, mothers-in-laws, dads, mommies, home helpers, confinement nannies) crowded in the space all waiting their turn. With all the toys around the area and colorful decor, you get this feeling that there really isn\u2019t a well-defined line between a infant care center and a children clinic anymore.<\/p>\n

Anyhows, our turn finally came at 1015. Hannah always gets great care from her pediatrician \u2013 this occasion was no different, and as always the PD answered Ling\u2019s questions on baby care with the right amount of detail and actionable things to do. The last time the picture of Hannah with her doctor<\/a> too didn\u2019t turn out so well from Ling\u2019s Panasonic DMC-LZ8. This time Daddy was present and armed with a better camera and new toy: and the pictures turned out sooooo much better.:)<\/p>\n

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Apparently our little tot\u2019s runny nose was likely caused by an infection, which we suspect she picked up during that swimming event just over 2 weeks ago<\/a>. Hannah was supremely well-behaved during the visit too \u2013 though she just wouldn\u2019t look into the E-PL1.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hannah has been down with a mild runny nose for two weeks now, and it\u2019s been causing her to be more irritable than usual with the two main effects centered on more wailing for attention, and also somewhat harder feeds.<\/p>\n

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