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Allergies and Bad Doctors
I don’t know how parents manage. Preston has been here with us almost 10 months and I get SO worried and stressed about the smallest ailments! He started coughing a week or so ago and it got to the point where he would cough so hard he would throw up! So I took him in to the doctor and we have a wretched doctor by the way…I walk into his office and its a sickly pale pink and covered in bears. That alone makes me ill. This is the third time I have gone in there and I think altogether I have seen him for 4 minutes, tops. This time he comes into the room and I say, “hi! How are you?” No answer. Okay… then I say, “he has been coughing and gagging a lot and has a runny nose; it may be allergies but I don’t know.” The doctor says, “I’m sorry, what did you say?” I repeat myself. He comes over looks in Preston’s ears and mouth then listens to his heart and lungs. And here is his response, “Well, it is probably allergies because it doesn’t look like he has a cold. You can just keep him inside because you can’t do much else at this age. Ok? Goodbye.” And he walks out…doesn’t ask if I have any questions, nothing. He was in there for about 90 seconds. I want to cry every time I leave that place. I could have saved my time and my breath by assuming it was allergies…and I am sure I could find better advice from a Google search than from my doctor. What a sad world we live in. We are working on finding a new doctor, but Preston is on Medi-cal so you usually get the bottom of the barrel, again, sad world. If anyone has any suggestions of great pediatricians in the area let us know! Maybe we’ll just pay out of pocket or something. Just thought I would vent a little about my horrible Doctor and our twisted government health care.
Kaisa Bailey
May 23, 2008
1:18 pm
SO NASTY!!! Poor little Preston. Rafe has been similar. You should use Raquel’s pediatrician. I believe it is Dr. Hepworth. Just ask her, she has all the info. I seriously don’t think there’s anything worse than sick kids, which I ALWAYS seem to have. I am at the Dr. AT LEAST 2x a month. I don’t think it ever ends. I can’t believe what a jerk he was….
LET’S HANG OUT!!!!!!!!
annakare
May 24, 2008
7:19 am
Definitely DO NOT GO BACK TO THAT DOCTOR! Absolutely shameful. You could try a couple others on the list until Shaun can get work with insurance attached and you have some more options. But also, if you suspect allergies you may want to fork out the bucks for a consult with an allergist. Once the problem is identified then you can continue on your own. You won’t necessarily have to continue seeing them on a regular basis. Have you recently started him on some solids that he may be reacting to? Evaluating his diet is always a good start. There is lots of info out there to give you some ideas of where to start. It could just be spring allergies (which are a pain but usually treatable) or he could have developed an allergy to the cats over the last few months. Good luck with the detective work. Let us know how it goes.
Breanna
May 24, 2008
4:08 pm
hey i have a ped. that i love! e mail me and i will give you all of his info!
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sally
May 24, 2008
4:46 pm
I can totally sympathize with you. My kids are in the same situation and their Dr. is nice but not the brightest man in the world sometimes. When James was a baby we were in his office every couple of weeks because of ear infections until finally one time we saw the P.A. and she said he needed tubes. Good luck!
alisha
May 25, 2008
5:50 pm
I’m so sorry! That sounds so awful! Next time, as soon as he comes in you should run and stand in front of the door. And I hate the worrying that comes with being a mom. One time I kept trying to decide if Jell was really sick or not, and when I finally brought her to the doctor she had terrible ear infections in both ears! I felt horrible! And the doctor was like, next time bring her in sooner. Great. That makes me feel lots better! Oh, and the next time I did – and there was nothing wrong. I can’t win.