sick, sick, sick.......

OK, so with the weather outside (previous blog-72degrees), and now this week w/ 50's, we're a little sick. Nathan's been coughing for what seems like a month, however it got worse this week. So again, I took him to the dr. (they now seriously think I'm just a very paranoid first time mom who carries her child to the dr. for every cough). I don't do that, but I'm sure they think that, since the dr. said "well, this is the 2nd time you've brought him in for this cough" (don't they know coughs can turn into bronchitis, croup, sinus infection, etc????)!! The usual conversation goes something like this w/ the nurse, "has he had a fever? no, what color is his mucus, clear, oh, ok". She walks out the dr. walks in , listens to him, then says he's fine, I think he has allergies????? WHAT??? This child is usually never sick, doesn't cough all the time, etc. This is the first mention of allergies (probably b/c I've carried him in twice for this same cough). So, they give us allergy medicine, not good. I don't like him to be on medicine unless he absolutly needs it. This medicine wires him for a good 2 hours, bouncing off the walls, etc. Then makes him very, very drowsy the next day. AND, it hasn't helped his cough at all!!!! So, in "Dr. Roland's" opinion, he doesn't have allergies, he has a cough! Since the medicine he's on is a 24 hr medicine, I'm not supposed to give him anything else. So he is still coughing, coughing! With Christmas right around the corner, I need him to get better!! And, wouldn't you know it, this morning I woke up w/ a stuffy nose, coughing! UGH!!!! This seems to happen every year!
Oh my, what time is it?? I have a thousand errands to run, presents to wrap, and a house to clean......did I mention groceries???