Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for January 11, 2024

Wanda everyone else might catch whatever this is.

Wonder what was happening two days ago- illness, injury, or preventative care?

Hopefully just the sniffles and doesn’t chuck.

1st panel, Wren’s facial expression. Poor Wren, hope you get better quick.

Receptionist: Hopefully, this isn’t another hockey injury.

With my kids it was always ear infections!

Huh?

Very realistic

Seeing how loopy Wren looks, this might actually be pretty serious.

It was rare when we had to take our daughters to the doctor for anything other than their annuals. However, one year they both had to go in just a few weeks apart. The younger one got her thumb stuck in the hinge-side of a door (long story); then the older one was changing her earrings and somehow pulled the backing INTO her ear lobe!

Mom never took us to the doctor for a cold or the flu.

Receptionist have their standard cue card they have to cover for every check-in; no exceptions. Even if a person was just there.

I know the MacPhersons health insurance is CRAZY.

Props for Crossing the Line! Subtle mood unsettler. :)

Poor little Wren.

I’m sure the hospital is prepared for your visits ahead of time.

Wanda’s getting sick of this.

Went to see the doctor….asked him what to do…

Whaddya know, said the doctor—-I really think I’ve got one too!!

So we laid down side by side

I’m still here but the doctor died

I got a code in my nose…..

A mask? Still?

Wanda deserves frequent flyer miles.

My dumb a$$ doctor’s (err, nurse practioner’s?) office makes you fill out a form with all of your information every single time. The waste of paper, the waste of time — it just makes no sense. I tell them nothing has changed. They say it is a security measure.

Seeing Wanda needing to take her poor sick child out of the house to see the doctor somehow reminded me of those long-gone days when doctors made house calls.