Nowadays I think they recommend that they run T3 and T4 in addition to TSH
I've heard this, but I feel weird asking my doctors "OMG, but WHICH thyroid tests are you going to run?!?"
Yay for getting some meds, smonster! Yay for urgent care.
I had the interview...not sure how they felt about me. Not sure how I felt about them. So hard to make a big decision like that based on a few hours of info! Eek. I think the guy I liked best was apparently looked down on by the others (though he's the head of his department, it's not the one I'd be in). He was pretty chill. :)
The people running the Christmas stuff here really ought to move Santa's house to somewhere other than right in front of the courthouse. All the news reports about Sandusky's trial have Santa's house in the background, and it's just ridiculous.
meara, my endo told me that whether or not you are on birth control changes which T3 test to order (free vs total), so you could maybe use that as an in for asking about all the flavors of thyroid testing.
Do you all think it is okay for a kid to miss a week of school for a run of the mill vacation?
(Of course, there is more to that story. Joe wants to take the kids to Florida during their first week back after Christmas vacation. I think absent some special circumstance, vacations should happen during school vacation. I don't mind being wrong but in the world I grew up in, you don't just blow off school unless there is some sort of really special purpose to the trip.)
eta: oh, and of course, he asked the teacher of the kid in question who thinks "family time is important", but I disagree with her.
I would never let Emmett take an extra week vacation in the school year. He gets behind in Math and never recovers. That's happened twice.
Stephanie, I'm not a parent, but it sounds like a bad precedent to set with both the kids and with Joe.
I avoid missing any more time than necessary. We are only allowed to miss so many days of school and if we use them early there isn't any flexibility later. I have taken them out for family events, but then I worry about having days later.
He gets behind in Math and never recovers
Ellie is in the lowest reading group in her class. For whatever reason, it just hasn't clicked for her. I don't think she can afford a week off for this exact reason.
And yes, if she misses more than 10 days she is disenrolled. This would be 5 days plus 1 sick day from before, meaning she only has 4 days left. I just don't get it - it seems clear to me.
And yes, if she misses more than 10 days she is disenrolled. This would be 5 days plus 1 sick day from before, meaning she only has 4 days left. I just don't get it - it seems clear to me.
Yeah, it only takes one flu to eat up those four days.
