Sunday, July 14, 2013

Nightmare at Legoland

What a CRAZY weekend this turned out to be!  Soooo, as soon as we settled in to our room, we ran out to the theme park. We quickly noticed Chase was a little less "Chase-like."  No loud screaming, no singing "I gotta hangover," or running around pillaging his surroundings.  SMH and I thought maybe all the lego-like activity had his brain on overload and he had forgotten to terrorize all the lovely German people.  But alas, our hypothesis was wrong, and, by nightfall, the little bugger had a scorching fever!! So, like the WELL PREPARED parents that we are (insert sarcasm), we had forgotten to pack any tylenol or advil to sooth a fever.  Upon a quick inspection, there were no meds at Legoland either-UGH.  We decide a trip into town may be prudent since, at this point, Chase had begun talking jibberish and speaking in a weird british accent.  SMH jets into the tiny town next to Legoland with no luck.  These Americans had NO CLUE that it is quite possible to go to a town where no local Pharmacies are open.  Panicked, SMH rushes to the local hospital. The intern takes pity on us and gave us one dose of Advil.  Morning arrived, and the fever had returned with a vengeance.  We rush him to the hospital, but to our horror, this is only an ADULT hospital. Apparently, in Germany, hospitals only treat certain ages of people, and our little munchkin needed to be seen at a Kinder Klinik. The closest one we could find was in Ulm Germany, about a 30 minute drive away. OMG-Are you kidding me right now???  Sweet JESUS!! So, we all pile into our car, and rush to Ulm, where we spend the next thirty minutes going down one way streets until we finally find the University Kinder Klinik.  The poor lady at the check-in was flabbergasted when she found out we were Americans and didn't use national health insurance. She wandered around the office for about 15 minutes trying to figure out what to do with us. Finally, we signed some forms and we were off to the emergency room. I will say the service we received at the Klinik was top notch and they insisted Chase come back the following day for a check-up.  We also found out that there is one Pharmacy that remains open every day within a certain distance. There is a list that you can find (of course we had NO CLUE about this) on the doors of the local pharmacy.  Oh, and for all you Americans out there, our two day emergency room bill in Ulm was 90 Euros.  No, that's not a mistake. 

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