It’s that time of year! Pick out your costumes, carve your pumpkins, and WASH YOUR HANDS!! One of the most important points we want to stress this year is to remember that a safe face covering for your child is a cloth face covering that has multiple layers and covers both the mouth and nose....

It is amazing to think that we are more than halfway through the year 2020 and we are still in a battle with COVID-19. It seems like a lifetime, but it was just five months ago, right around Spring Break, that our state went on lockdown, our kids had to get used to remote schooling,...

Podría haber estado expuesto a COVID-19, ¿debería hacerme la prueba? No tiene que hacerse la prueba si no tiene síntomas. Si se hace la prueba, espere al menos 8 días desde que estuvo expuesto (más tiempo es mejor). Toma tiempo para que el virus CoV-2 del SARS (Covid-19) sea detectable, incluso con las  pruebas sensibles...

¿Qué es el COVID-19? La enfermedad por el coronavirus 2019 o el COVID-19 es una infección causada por un virus llamado SARS-CoV-2. El virus apareció por primera vez a finales de 2019 en la ciudad de Wuhan, China. Sin embargo, desde entonces se ha extendido rápidamente y ahora hay casos en muchos otros lugares, incluyendo...

What is COVID-19? Coronavirus disease 2019, or “COVID-19,” is an infection caused by a specific virus called SARS-CoV-2. The virus first appeared inlate 2019 in the city of Wuhan, China. But it has spread quickly since then, and there are now cases in many other places,including Europe and the United States. People with COVID-19 can...

I might have been exposed to COVID-19, should I get tested? You don’t have to get tested if you don’t have symptoms. If you do get tested, then wait at least 8 days from when you were exposed (longer is better). It takes time for the SARS CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 to become detectable,...

Today you and/or your child were tested for the Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) using the SARS-CoV-2-qPCR from the Aegis Science Corporation. Your test will be sent to an outside laboratory and your results will be available in 2-3 days. What is the SARS-CoV-2 qPCR Test? The test is designed to detect the virus that causes...

Hoy se le hizo una prueba para detectar la Enfermedad del Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) utilizando la prueba qPCR para SARS-CoV-2. Su prueba será mandada en laboratorio y tendremos en 2 o 3 días. ¿Qué es la Prueba qPCR para el SARS-CoV-2? La prueba está diseñada para detectar el virus que causa la COVID-19. ¿Cuáles son...

At Little Spurs, we are working hard to ensure the safety of our patients and  staff everyday. Our number one priority is the safety of our patients and staff, so we have implemented the following protocols to address COVID-19: Little Spurs will offer COVID-19 testing beginning Thursday, June 25, 2020. We now offer telemedicine visits...

You may have heard on the news about a “new” COVID-19 related disease that is affecting children called Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).  At Little Spurs Pediatric Urgent Care, we are watching this very closely and receiving updates from the city of San Antonio and Dallas as well as the Centers for Disease Control...

Testing for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is currently unavailable at Little Spurs Pediatric Urgent Care. We are verbally screening all patients. If you or your child have a cough/shortness of breath and fever, have been in contact with someone with lab-confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus) or traveled to an affected location, you should contact your local...

So much has changed since we first found out about Coronavirus (now known as COVID-19) back in December 2019/January 2020.  We have gone from looking at it from a  distance to staring at it closely as it reveals itself in our own backyards.  The United States has had a dramatic surge in the number of...