The cry of a newborn can be one of the most distressing things to parents. Infants typically cry more during the first 3 months of life than in any other time. In some cases, we can define these crying episodes as infantile colic. Colic follows the “rules of 3”. It is defined clinically as crying...

Cedar Fever Season is upon us and with it are the sniffles, runny eyes, and crankiness that comes with seasonal allergies.  Allergies are unusual sensitivity to a substance or substances (allergens).  You can minimize your exposure to offending allergens through avoidance. If your child suffers from allergies, here are a few things you can do...

COVID 19 has turned our world upside down and we continue to learn more about this virus each day. Unfortunately, there is a great deal of misinformation and confusion regarding COVID 19, so I wanted to go over a few common myths that I have heard and clear them up with the facts. Myth #1:...

Everyone is buzzing about the newest options released by the CDC in order to potentially shorten the quarantine time at home after an exposure to someone who has COVID 19. I think it is important to take a closer look at these new options and dig into what they really mean. The CDC recently released...

Fever is one of the most common reasons a child is brought to the doctor. Believe it or not, fever is not harmful in most cases! Fever usually occurs as a response to a viral or bacterial infection in the body. Fever is one of the body’s amazing built-in immune responses. When the body’s immune...

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 offers COVID-19 testing to children and adults up to 64 years old. We now...

At Little Spurs, we offer the Antibody Test for COVID-19. It is a blood draw that gives results in about five days. What is this test? The antibody test may help determine whether you had COVID-19 in the past and now have antibodies to help protect against the virus. Antibodies are proteins the immune system...

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...