Preventative Reminders (i.e., how do I try to limit doctor sick visits this year):
1) Prevention always starts with diet, exercise and sleep.
2) Hand-washing is still important.
3) Get your flu shot this year.
4) We would recommend a more aggressive treatment of your allergies.
5) Finally, we recommend that you keep your regular well visits.
Remember, this season will end. Take a deep breath. Enjoy a little extra time with your family. Stay rested. We live in a "me" society. We need to take care of our family. But, we should also remember how to be a good neighbor and support our community.
As always, Heritage finds it a privilege to partner with you in the care of you children,
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Return to School Criteria:
To get back daycare, pre-school or school this year, most children will need a note from your doctor stating you have an "alternative diagnosis" to COVID-19. When children can present with COVID-19 with such mild symptoms as runny nose, sneezing, coughing, headache, sore throat, diarrhea, it will be really hard to sign a note without:
1) most likely seeing you
2) performing a COVID-19 diagnostic test.
Some with mild symptoms, no direct contact with known or suspected COVID-19 individuals, resolution of symptoms in 72 hours, and no one else in the immediate family sick, will receive a note after one negative test. The COVID-19 Rapid Antigen test that we run states their accuracy (in regards to false negatives) to be 93% of the accuracy of the PCR COVID-19 test. This is pretty good, but both tests have false negatives. So, if your child has more extensive symptoms (fever, a lot of coughing, etc) or prolonged symptoms (longer than 72 hours), we may need to do a 2nd rapid antigen or send off a PCR (we swab at the office but that is sent to a lab to be run). If others in the family develop symptoms, we may need to test all those with symptoms (yes we are testing parents as it helps in the management of our patients). All of the above may need to be done to have us sign our "alternative diagnosis" form to return to school. We know all of this is a lot of work and an inconvenience, but again it is the reality of 2020 and one of the costs of attending school this year. The other alternative is to stay home for 10 days after the onset of the symptoms. ... See MoreSee Less
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