Well, yeah. Most sinus infections are not bacterial, according to the Mayo Clinic website.

But when they are, and docs talk you out of meds, you are me. I love my ENT and his anti-Bs. I think part of the reason it took so long to kick this was the original doc's "let's just watch and wait" stance. Crap set up camp and sent out invites.

Burrell, has he had the experience of a kid telling him that they "do not want to be his friend anymore"?

Not that I know of, or if he has, it was during a fight and they subsequently made up. But one day his actions will have lasting consequences. The irony is that my daughter has been told that, repeatedly, by one of her "best" friends. She breaks up with my daughter as a way to manipulate her behavior and control her if she starts playing with other girls. Oy!

Kids really have such complex emotional lives.

I think part of the reason it took so long to kick this was the original doc's "let's just watch and wait" stance. Crap set up camp and sent out invites.

Secondary bacterial infections don't usually show up until 10 or so days into a viral infection, though. So prescribing antibiotics right away won't help unless the initial infection is bacterial, which in the case of sinus and ear infections it almost never is.

That how to be afriend book would probably be good for F too, then. I think it addresses that exact thing of manipulating friends.

The whole kids social skills section in the bookstore/library is fascinating.

Getting that book for sure, thanks msbelle.

I am in the position of writing a letter of recommendation for a student who is probably one of the weakest students I have ever had at the doctoral level. She is in financial need and needs the $$ to finish, but damn if I know what to say in the letter.

Hey, I just went poking about in Tom's photos and found this lovely picture of TNG: [link]

She's so lovely! What a great photo, Tom. If you don't mind, I'm going to save it, and maybe get a print made at some point. (It's so hard to photograph her, she rarely stays still for me, and you can tell in that photo that she's thinking about getting up.)

I did see a "Casita Serenada". So maybe it's FATE!

You can't mess with that message. That's like god talking to you, right there.

le n, can you speak to something like her work ethic? When I can't praise a student's writing or overall academic chops, I look for things I can praise, like their improvement over the semester.

no Burrell.

I cannot WAIT for this student to finish her degree. Seriously. I think I will be 1000 times happier for her to finish than she will be.