Rick MacDonald MD
@kidsdoc1.bsky.social
Pediatrician, husband, father, sheepadoodle 🐾walker,🥒ball, 🎾,🏄🏿♂️, science based, sleep deprived
Rush hour in northern France. Uggggh.
October 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Rush hour in northern France. Uggggh.
Hoping this helps restore some sanity to a world turned upside down. One can only hope.
September 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hoping this helps restore some sanity to a world turned upside down. One can only hope.
Winston - the best boi ever on #NationalDogDay.
August 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Winston - the best boi ever on #NationalDogDay.
This good boi changed our lives 7 yrs ago. Happy birthday to the best friend anyone could have. 🥰
August 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This good boi changed our lives 7 yrs ago. Happy birthday to the best friend anyone could have. 🥰
Messy floof. It’s all the rage!!
July 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Messy floof. It’s all the rage!!
Uggggh. It was bound to happen. Check yourself and your partner ((and the pooch) for ticks when you get off the trails.
July 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Uggggh. It was bound to happen. Check yourself and your partner ((and the pooch) for ticks when you get off the trails.
Fridays are for paperwork!🥵
July 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Fridays are for paperwork!🥵
Happy Canada Day,…. forever.
July 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Happy Canada Day,…. forever.
I was just there Friday hiking. All I got were tics.
June 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I was just there Friday hiking. All I got were tics.
Kids with respiratory illnesses are not doing well. While it is nice to get out with the warmer weather the air quality can worsen some conditions. Be vigilant.
#Wildfiresmoke
#Wildfiresmoke
June 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Kids with respiratory illnesses are not doing well. While it is nice to get out with the warmer weather the air quality can worsen some conditions. Be vigilant.
#Wildfiresmoke
#Wildfiresmoke
“With one look,…”
Every doggy owner recognizes what he is silently asking.
Every doggy owner recognizes what he is silently asking.
May 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“With one look,…”
Every doggy owner recognizes what he is silently asking.
Every doggy owner recognizes what he is silently asking.
It is the last day of May. It is 9°C here this am. I had my breakfast on the porch with my down comforter and infared heater. While my best floofy boi was quite comfortable without!!
May 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It is the last day of May. It is 9°C here this am. I had my breakfast on the porch with my down comforter and infared heater. While my best floofy boi was quite comfortable without!!
Know nothing about this one, you could say I don’t have a clue ( sorry), but looking forward to it. Curtain up!
May 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Know nothing about this one, you could say I don’t have a clue ( sorry), but looking forward to it. Curtain up!
I do have an adult life! A rum and coke (w/straw) to see Peter Pan,….. wut??
May 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I do have an adult life! A rum and coke (w/straw) to see Peter Pan,….. wut??
Excuse the tick pics but ‘‘tis the season that patients bring them in for ID! This is very helpful in our deciding who needs treatment. This patient did not.
#tickseason
#LymeDisease
#tickseason
#LymeDisease
May 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Excuse the tick pics but ‘‘tis the season that patients bring them in for ID! This is very helpful in our deciding who needs treatment. This patient did not.
#tickseason
#LymeDisease
#tickseason
#LymeDisease
Finally a precise and comprehensive recommendation for measles protection from public health!!
May 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Finally a precise and comprehensive recommendation for measles protection from public health!!
After a complete meltdown before he was even examined this poor little guy’s Dad pulled out this shirt half expecting it and with a lollipop we were all ready to finish up! 🥰🤣
Well done Logan!! Well done Dad!!
(Used w/ permission)
Well done Logan!! Well done Dad!!
(Used w/ permission)
May 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
After a complete meltdown before he was even examined this poor little guy’s Dad pulled out this shirt half expecting it and with a lollipop we were all ready to finish up! 🥰🤣
Well done Logan!! Well done Dad!!
(Used w/ permission)
Well done Logan!! Well done Dad!!
(Used w/ permission)
Every pediatrician in Ontario gets these email pics now from parents as Measles rips through the unvaccinated, partially vaccinated and the few vaccinated nonresponders. There have been over 1300 reported confirmed cases.
May 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Every pediatrician in Ontario gets these email pics now from parents as Measles rips through the unvaccinated, partially vaccinated and the few vaccinated nonresponders. There have been over 1300 reported confirmed cases.
Probably should save this for Father’s Day but it’s always so great to have the dads come in and show such concern and interest.🥰
(Used w/ permission)
(Used w/ permission)
April 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Probably should save this for Father’s Day but it’s always so great to have the dads come in and show such concern and interest.🥰
(Used w/ permission)
(Used w/ permission)
#1 was required to read and write a paper on this before university entry. I happened upon it on the weekend having somehow never having read it before. It is 70 yrs out and as timely, perhaps more, as ever.
April 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#1 was required to read and write a paper on this before university entry. I happened upon it on the weekend having somehow never having read it before. It is 70 yrs out and as timely, perhaps more, as ever.
Our local pooch friendly restaurant now has a doggy menu! Thanx Beertown. 🥰
April 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Our local pooch friendly restaurant now has a doggy menu! Thanx Beertown. 🥰
Sadly our 2 local Toys R Us stores are closing for good. They have a large record section so I went for all the classics that I had stupidly given away yrs ago. Albums are back - remember these??
April 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Sadly our 2 local Toys R Us stores are closing for good. They have a large record section so I went for all the classics that I had stupidly given away yrs ago. Albums are back - remember these??
Back on the #BruceTrail with my 2 favorite co-hikers! 🥰
April 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Back on the #BruceTrail with my 2 favorite co-hikers! 🥰