I wonder...
Is it wrong to ask a doctor to test for a particular disease/condition in my child? This constipation thing is not improving, and we had another severe bout today (although the suppository did help, it was still bad). Everything I'm reading tells me she could have Hirschprung's Disease, and while I of course do NOT want her to have ANY disease, if she DOES have it and it's caught earlier rather than later, I think it would be better. The bad thing is that I absolutely DO NOT want to take her back to the clinic on base, and I don't know how long it's going to take to get an appointment with a new doctor, now that she's covered under Dave's insurance (which I need to go to Tricare and tell them about, although I don't have the insurance card from Dave yet). Plus, how much will they think I'm nuts if I call up a new doctor's office and say, "Hi, I'd like to make an appointment for my child and have her tested for Hirschprung's Disease." I don't want this to be an impetus for them to think I'm an over-reacting mother.
But seriously, she's been constipated since birth, and been on stool softener's since she was a year old. When we went to the gastroenterologist last summer, they didn't do any test - they just straight-up treated her for constipation. And while I want to trust that a friggin' specialist knows what he's doing, I just don't feel right.
Argh!!!
But seriously, she's been constipated since birth, and been on stool softener's since she was a year old. When we went to the gastroenterologist last summer, they didn't do any test - they just straight-up treated her for constipation. And while I want to trust that a friggin' specialist knows what he's doing, I just don't feel right.
Argh!!!