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  • New Years and your children:

    January 9, 2024

    Something to do with your children this year: https://www.parents.com/new-years-resolution-ideas-for-kids-and-teens-8410873

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  • Holiday Hours:

    December 18, 2023

    We here at MacKoul Pediatrics Fort Myers would like to wish you and your family a very happy holiday season. To allow my work family to celebrate with their home families, we have abbreviated holiday hours. As always, you can call 24/7 to our office. Either my staff, or my After Hours ...

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  • Happy Thanksgiving to all!

    November 22, 2023

    Our holiday hours are as follows: Wednesday, 11-22-23 from 8-12 Closed 11-23-23 to 11-26-23 Open Monday, 11-27-23 from 8-5. As always, you can reach us on our emergency call line at 239-415-1131. Listen to the message and press #1 for our answering service. Our Nurse Practitioner Telephone Triage line or Dr. MacKoul will call you back within ...

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  • We have power!

    November 16, 2023

    We have power!

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  • Power Outage 11/16/2023

    November 16, 2023

    Power is out at the office. Our phones are working! We will update when we have more information.

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  • Mitochondrial Disease Awareness ( 9/18 – 9/24/2023 )

    September 21, 2023

    Hello All, This week is Mitochondrial Disease Awareness and it is a week to talk about and celebrate all the progress we have made as an organization (ie, the United Mitochondrial Disease Association ) in research and raising awareness about Mitochondrial Disease. All of my social media accounts (Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, Instagram) have had ...

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  • Hurricane Idalia update 8/30/23 at 0700

    August 30, 2023

    We are all praying for Florida as Hurricane Idalia passes through. For the safety of all of our patients and staff, we will stay closed until 1 pm. Those with appointments this afternoon are welcome to come to those appointments. If you are concerned about driving or getting to your appointment, please stay home ...

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  • Tropical Storm / possible Hurricane Idalia update:

    August 28, 2023

    For the safety of our patients and their families, along with our work family, we will be closing at noon on 8-29-23 and reopening on 8-30-23 at 10 am if the storm continues on its present path. As time progresses, if anything changes, I will update as soon as I can. Please be safe and heed all ...

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  • To mask … or not to mask … that is the question!

    June 20, 2023

    I was quite surprised when I brought up the idea of making masks optional in the office for ‘Well Child Visits.’ My staff was adamant that we continue wearing masks. They have been healthier and enjoy having full staff attendance due to everyone being well. I checked with many sources and I think the ...

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  • Baby Navigator

    June 15, 2023

    I had a wonderful meeting this morning with community leaders at The Healthy Start Coalition of Lee County. We had a speaker who discussed a program that needs to be shared with every pregnant woman and parent of children less than 10 years old. Baby Navigator: https://babynavigator.com/ I would encourage everyone to look at this ...

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  • Our hallways are the best!

    May 3, 2023

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  • Our waiting rooms don’t get used since Covid, but I love them!

    May 3, 2023

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  • Even getting weighed can be fun!

    May 3, 2023

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  • Even the office bathrooms are fun!

    May 3, 2023

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  • Our fun exam rooms at the office!

    May 3, 2023

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  • What to do if you have Coronavirus or are exposed? The latest guidelines:

    March 28, 2023

    https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/isolation.html

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  • Coronavirus Vaccine Update

    March 28, 2023

    Children ages 6 months and older are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine booster. Up until recently, under 5 years old were not eligible for the coronavirus vaccine booster. We offer these vaccines in the office. Please call for any questions: 239-415-1131.

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  • Update on masks

    March 28, 2023

    https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html

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  • Salmonella and eggs:

    March 28, 2023

    Here’s the CDC Guidelines on properly cooking eggs: https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/communication/salmonella-and-eggs.html

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  • Red Tide

    March 8, 2023

    Dr. Bayrun’s Blog re: Red Tide: What is Red Tide? There have been many families recently in the office that are asking about red tide, so I wanted to quickly talk about this subject. So what exactly is this red tide? Red tide is a harmful algal bloom and is caused by the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia ...

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