Doctor's Visit

I had to take Brennan to the doctor again this morning. He's had this hacking cough for 4 weeks straight. Now coming from a mother who worries about everything under the sun, this was a MAJOR concern! I had ten thousand things running through my mind from 'what if he's allergic to dogs?' to 'what if he has cystic fibrosis?'. I called the doctor's office this morning and they told me that they didn't have an opening until 2:00. I ended taking him at 9:00 as a work in so that I didn't have to be out of work for an entire day. I knew that it would be an adventure, but I took Ashlyn along with me so that I didn't have to back track. She was a hoot! On the car ride there she was singing a song that I'm guessing she's learned at school. Something about your eyes are for seeing, your ears are for hearing, your nose is for smelling, and so on. Then she started making up her own verses. They went something like this...
Ashlyn - Your hair is for...............Mommy what's your hair for?
Me - well, I guess it's for keeping you warm.
Ashlyn - Your bellybutton is for................Mommy what's your bellybutton for?
Me - that's how you were fed when you were in Mommy's belly.
Ashlyn - Your boobies are for....................Mommy what are your boobies for?
Me - (laughing hysterically) Well Ashlyn.......mommies can feed their babies with those. I really don't know the purpose of a man's boob's though.
Let me ask you...........why must doctors offices have play areas? Am I the only one who sees a problem with this? You have a bunch of sick germy kids putting their snotty hands all over the toys and what do you have but a disaster waiting to happen for the healthy kids parents! These are doctors we're talking about. You'd think that they'd have a little common sense! We finally saw the doctor and he listened to Brennan's chest and looked in his ears. He said that there's no wheezing which is a good thing and that his ears looked great. Brennan is gaining weight like he should so there's no reason to be concerned about something major like cf. He weighed 15.2 lbs today. He had gained 2 lbs in the past month! I'm telling you he's a chunky monkey! The doctor seems to think that he has a milk allergy. He told me to try switching him to an all soy formula for 2 weeks. If he doesn't seem to start doing any better then I can switch him back to his old formula and we'll know that's not what the problem is. Hopefully I can get this cough gone for good! Poor baby has to be tired of hacking all of the time.