Does your child do what it takes to get well after seeing a doctor?

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My 18 year old son, came to me last week (Thursday) with a red eye, it wasn't "gunked" up, like actual "pink eye". I took him to the doctor, she confirmed it was not a contagious pink eye but rather possibly caused by allergies. She gave him a prescription for eye drops, and one for a nasal spray (to us at night). She also told him to use saline nasal spray during the day, and to continue taking over the counter allergy meds. He was using the drops too much the next day, which when I saw that I told him that he had probably aggravated his eye more, so he went back to the way he should use it, but didn't do the other things the doctor told him to do. He was leaving for Florida on Monday, he came to me before he left and asked what else he could do, and of course didn't want to take any of the advice I gave him. Today is Tuesday, he called me this morning and said it's still red, it's not itching, but could I call the doctor and ask what else he can do, I told him, I'd try, but I'd have to wait for them to call back. He got mad when I told him he should have started the treatment the day we went to the doctor, now he just may have to wait it out. I hate it that he's away from home and I can't help, but I have to remind myself that he's 18, and he should have listened to the doctor in the first place. Do you have a child that actually does what it takes to get well after seeing a doctor, or do they fight it like mine does?