Ana may have strep (again)

And here's me without my rapid strep tests.

She's 14. Can she go to the doctor alone? She can go to the doctor alone now, right? I mean, she's in high school.

(I sure hope she can, because I have to run out with my mother tomorrow and Jenn has work.)

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