Yeah, they kept him for a night. Kid complained about sore throat so my wife took him to doctor (regular pediatrician was busy, so another doctor). Kid kinda mentioned a stiff neck, and doctor told my wife to get him to the ER immediately, b/c meningitis. Wife took him to Stanford ER, they were all omg we’re kinda sure it’s meningitis, but we need to do a spinal tap first. While prepping for that they put him on an IV and after ~20min he perked up a bit. A nurse noticed that and said it wasn’t normal if really meningitis, and put spinal tap on hold. Then doctor said there was a chance of an abscess in his throat/neck and wanted to rule it out; ordered a CT scan. Once that returned negative, they were like, oh yeah, it’s just strep… but, let’s prescribe an uncommon liquid antibiotic that tastes like trash reheated. Kid refused to swallow it, despite efforts of 3 nurses trying to waterboard him with the liquid. So the only way to deliver the antibiotic as prescribed was intravenously. Learned several lessons about advocating during that ER trip.