Medical Care in Marghita

You know only here in Marghita would you be denied medical care with a sick, crying child in your arms. "He's had a fever for 5 days? Well then, you should have come in 5 days ago. Too bad you'll have to come back in the morning when your family doctor is in the office."
Our family doctor didn't have afternoon hours today so I headed to the pediatric center at the hospital, very normal to do so. The response above is what I got from the head nurse. I wanted to start crying...Caleb's had a fever for 5 days, a nose completely stuffed up and with bits of blood caked all around it from it being blown so often, and a bumpy rash all over his body. (The rash is really funny, you can't see it but you can feel it all over.) I was gone in Scotland so I wasn't able to take him to the doctor. I was back today so as soon as he woke up from a nap I took him over to his doctor, she wasn't in as I said before, and then over to the hospital, where I got the response above. Desperate for help I went to the pharmacy where I explained the story to the two pharmacists on duty...they took pity on me and gave me all of the prescriptions I needed; antibiotic, nose drops and ibuprofen for kids. Whew, was I grateful for that. He's finally asleep now after a morning and afternoon of non-stop tears and toy throwing anger : ) A mixture of being mad at me for leaving him over the past week and being so sick...
On a side note, the sky is a creepy light brown color and the wind is picking up....RAIN on the WAY! Thankfully I got a break form the over 100 degree F temperatures while in Scotland, but those here in Romania didn't. No rain for the past couple of weeks either. Let me tell you, it is HOT here right now. Let's hope this rain doesn't blow over - I can smell it outside right now so I hope it does more than just give us a whiff of what it can do!