When my oldest daughter was ten months old she became frighteningly ill. I had worked for doctors and determined that when I had children I was not going to bother a doctor over a simple runny nose or diaper rash. So, when Natalie’s runny nose turned into a thick green/grayish discharge and her vomiting persisted through the night turning into a high fever the next morning, instead of calling a doctor I called a nurse friend. She wisely advised me that five minutes of embarrassment was better than a lifetime of regret.