Grand Opening Celebration!

We are very excited for our upcoming Grand Opening Celebration! It is scheduled for Sunday, June 4th from 1-4pm in our parking lot!  We will have fun and games for the children as well as educational information for our parents! This will give those of you who have not had a chance to see the inside of our new building a chance to come over, check it out and have a little fun with us! If you have any questions about our location, please feel free to call us at (919) 967-0771 and someone will be happy to assist you with directions! See the attached flyer for more information.

Thank You to our Patients!

Thank you to all of our patients. You have been instrumental in our move to Southern Village! Our move here went as smoothly as we could have hoped for, and we have been getting very positive feedback about our new home. We are pleased that so many of you have moved with us to our new space! So again, thank you for your patience and excitement. It has made our move more exciting and rewarding for us as a growing practice!

Welcome New Faces to the Staff at Chapel Hill Children’s Clinic

We are very happy to welcome new faces to CHCC. We welcome Sherry Mann, Tonya Monroe, and Tyi Franklin. These new faces are here to fill the nursing spaces left by Maria Mekeel and Caren Moody, two of our beloved nurses, who have both moved on to new positions. Our front desk has some new faces as well! Welcome to Erin McGovern, Liz Webb and Eleanor Fahrbach. Goodbye to Jordan Caswell from the front desk, who has moved out of the area.

So Your Child Has a Tick Bite. What Next?

Ticks can be encountered in central North Carolina in spring, summer, fall, and even winter. And few events distress parents more than finding a tick firmly embedded on their child.

But don’t panic. Most ticks can be easily removed at home, and most bites don’t lead to serious disease.

To remove a tick, it is best to use a pair of fine tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible. Pull it straight out with a steady, non-twisting pull. If no tweezers are available, use your fingers, trying to avoid squeezing the tick as much as possible.

Flush the tick down the toilet or wrap it in tape and discard. Wash your hands well. Wash the tick bite site, apply topical antibiotic, and cover briefly with a band aid. Tick bite sites can look like mosquito bites and can itch for several days.

Ticks can cause some very serious diseases. The scariest in our area is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, transmitted by Dog Ticks and Lone Star Ticks. Our part of North Carolina is one of the areas of highest prevalence of this disease. Other important diseases are Erlichiosis, tick paralysis, tularemia, babesiosis, and Lyme disease. If, up to 3 weeks after being bitten by a tick, you or your child develop fever, body aches, headache, nausea and vomiting, and or rashes, definitely bring your child to see us. If severe symptoms develop even in the absence of a known tick bite, definitely bring him in. Many ticks go unnoticed.

For more information on ticks in North Carolina, click (or control + click) on the link below:
www.deh.enr.state.nc.us/phpm/html/ticks.html

Babysitting/CPR Classes Update!

With the recent move to our new building we are temporarily putting our Babysitting and CPR classes on hold.  As soon as we are settled in the new building, we will be starting them up again.  We would like to get a new list going of children over 11yrs old and are interested in the babysitting/CPR class, or for adults who are interested in the infant and child CPR class.  If you have previously been on one of these lists, we will need you to sign up again.  You can do so anytime you are in the office or by calling our office at: (919) 967-0771.

Our New Address!

Many of you have been asking us about our new address.  It is: 301 Kildaire Road, Suite 200, Chapel Hill, NC 27516.  We are on the second floor of the Harrington Bank building.  Our phone numbers, hours of operation, and friendly staff will be staying the same!  If you use BillPay for your bills from us, please remember to change our address with your bank.  Also, any correspondence to our office, such as forms to fill out, should be mailed to our new address.

Reminders:

Well Child Checks: Don’t forget to schedule your child’s Well Child Checks in advance.  Most school sports and camps require that your child have a physical within 12 months of the start date.

Walk-in Clinics: Please remember, walk-in clinics are for acute, sick office visits and rechecks only.  If your child has multiple problems, a long-standing problem, or if you cannot wait during walk-in hours, please schedule an appointment.  Walk-in hours are: Monday – Friday 7:30 to 9:00am, and 4:30 to 5:45pm; Saturday 9:00 to 11:30am; and Sunday 1:00 to 3:00pm.  We plan to extend our evening walk-in hours on Monday through Thursday to 6:30pm starting June 12th.

Insurance/Billing Questions: It is important for us to see your insurance card with every visit to our office.  With the many changes in insurances, verification of your current insurance at each visit will help us catch any changes preventing any future problems and frustration.  Please feel free to call our office with any billing questions you may have regarding a bill from our office.  If you have a questions specific to your insurance or are wondering if your insurance will cover any particular visits or tests, please contact your insurance company at the number listed on your card, or your Human Resources Department.

Clinic Hours:

• Monday - Friday 9:00am to 4:30pm

Walk-in hours:

• Monday - Friday: 7:30am to 9:00am AND 4:30pm to 5:45pm (starting June 12th evening walk-in will change to 4:30pm to 6:30pm Monday - Thursday)
• Saturday: 9:00am to 11:30am
• Sunday: 1:00pm to 3:00pm

After Hours Phone:

• 919/966-3820 OR 888/267-3675

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