[OneTimeSBX]

i have a cousin who insists she take her 2 year old to the emergency room everytime he breaks a 100 degree fever. she is also so lazy, she doesnt have any insurance on the boy (when she could easily get medicaid for him). yes, people like that tie up the emergency room. 99% of that stuff is a virus, and they will tell you to let it run its course. i believe in better safe than sorry, but when i am in line behind 14 kids with a non-treatable virus and my leg is hanging by a thread, i need those 14 kids to be at home in bed! (i feel justified in saying that since i have a child and she goes to the emergency room ONLY if she is severely sick and it is 3am.)

yes, aka_monet, lets educate people on what qualifies as an emergency.