The den of sickness!

I swear, I am so ready for spring. We are drowning in Dr. copays over here. First Ben got an ear infection. He's 8 now and it's the FISRT one he's ever had. Dr. prescribed him the Z-pac b/c after the SJS he cannot tolerate Penicillans. He actually took a Z-pac while being treated for SJS and so we assumed we were in the clear there. Wrongo! The day of his first dose the school calls to tell me that Ben has broken out in hives all over. WTF! So I call his Dr. and get him in immediately. Yup....allergic reaction. So now we have an allergist appt scheduled for Monday. We need to determine why Ben's reacting to all of these antibiotics. I hope we get answers soon. So there was $40 for the visit....and $15 for the script....and another $50 when we go to the allergist. So a couple days later I wake up with a raging UTI. Luckily I bypass the Dr. visit (and copay) by calling my OB who calls in Macrobid for me. $15. I'm on this for 2 days when I start having stabbing kidney pains that are so severe that Mike takes me to the ER last night. $100 ER copay and $30 for the meds. I have a kindey infection and am now on Cipro and a pain killer. And if that wasn't enough $ on Dr's.....both kids have their well visits (irony noted) on Wednesday and so that is another $80 for the 2 kids copays. And I also have my well woman exam the first week of March and that's $50. I mean OMG! We are just single handedly supporting the medical field. lol And we haven't even begun to pay off the bills from Ben's hospital stay this past summer. So hopefully we can get through this next few weeks and take a break from the guys in the white lab coats.