Strep Round 2...

Today Tom's behaviour has been off. He's not been compliant and had a rotten time at ABA, ST and OT, as well as generally being a complete toad. So, that alone should have told me something was going on.
At OT I noticed a small rash appearing on his face and neck. I figured we were already there, so we would stay for his session, but our local urgent care is right downstairs and with it being already 2.30, there was zero chance of getting an appt with Tom's doc. So, after ST, we wandered downstairs, put his name down on the walk in list and then were offered to go home and wait, then come back in 90 mins and Tom would be the next one called. Perfect. By this time the rash had also spread over his chest and back.
Roll on 90 mins and we headed back to the urgent care. We were seen pretty quickly and lo and behold, the PA we saw has a 16 yr old with autism. It really is everywhere. She was really nice, listened to Tom's recent fever and strep history and completely agreed that rheumatic fever was a risk. Instead of redoing the amoxicillin, she recommended we try another type of antibiotic, but a quicker, more potent one to make sure. So, we have a Z pack, otherwise known as zithromax, for 3 days. Hopefully will do the trick and Tomster will be back to normal tomorrow!
Of course it means that we will have to pump Tom with antifungals and probiotics when this is over, but, right now the important thing is to make sure the strep is gone.
Oh, and a shout out to our Target pharmacy. I arrived at 7.02, and typically they close at 7. I knocked the door of the boarded and shuttered pharmacy and the lovely pharmacist there got Tom's script done for us. What was funny is that he thanked me for being nice. I explained that I was the one who was late and he was the nice one. I guess he has people banging on the door regularly demanding after hours service. Poor chap. But, tonight, he did us a big favour and for that we are grateful. Walgreens - even if you do come back to Express Scripts, we'll stick with Target.