damn it .. ER again...
i just got make from the worst customer service i have ever received at a hospital.. i have to go though ethan just woke up screaming and pissed from being man handled and all ... ill post about it when i ever get some sleep ... morning guys!!! erghhhh
*update*
its 12noon now and ethan is sleeping next to me in his car seat swaddled with his binkie in his mouth. yesterday at 335 am ethan woke up extra fusy and he felt warm so i took his temp rectally the only kind of thermometer i have and it said 100.7 and so since a nurse had told me that anything over 99.3 for an infant his age is a fever i was glad that i bought some infants ibprofen at walmart on our date nt .. i gave him half a 6 months olds dose... the smallest dropper option 0.625 ml a 6 mos old gets 1.25 ml . anyways the fever went away and he slept normal but he has been sleepy more and throwing up his feeds alot and all day so i let him sleep ...
then at like 830pm he was fussy again and warm really warm so i took his temp again and it was 100.9 so i called the on call pediatrician at ohsu and he told me that any fever on a baby that small should be evaluated and that i should bring him in the check himi out for dyhydration and such ... so i said okay and called eric at 9pm he was stillat work till 10pm . he left to come home and take care of the boys so i could go.
since we live rt next to willamette falls hospital in oregon city i went .. big mistake i arrived at 915pm and it was so busy there... i didnt get in to a room till 1140pm and seen by a doc after complaining to the nurse till 1230am... then he came in sat down says " what the problem "???
he then starts to rt and look at the chart... not looking at me...
doc:(old fat man w/ look of i hate my life)"why seems to be the problem ?"
me:"my infant has a fever and my pediatrician said to bring him in.My 3yr old at home was sick last week and was on cephlaxein antibiotics and was vomiting and had a bad cough.. he lost his voi..."
doc:"are you talking about this one or another im confused?" and then he dootles on his page and ignores what i was saying.
"how is his eating and peeing"
me: "good i guess but he is coughing and very fussy and wants to sleep alot and his eyes are very red. "with irritation bc he wont listen to me to understand why i came to the er in the first place.
doc rolls off the chair comes over to the bed and lifts ethan up to his height tells me to take his shirt off... ethan is swaddled and finally asleep i grunt but follow directions.
doc then grabs the wall ear and throat contraptions and checks him out ... while aggresivly moving his head like ethan is a baby doll to flop here and there...
he goes back tohis chair sits down
doc: "it looks like he just have a viral infection ill have the nurse give you tylenol and send you home."
i then begin pleading with him on why he isnt even checking his fluid levels or thouroughly checking him.. ( the nurse told me he was the only doc in ER tonight ) so i have a feeling he is just passing us along like whatever...
i tell him about how elijah had afever at 6 wks and he had a uti... he then asks me if ethan is circumsized.. (like what difference does that make statistically there is no difference since at this age the foreskin cant be pulled back to be exposed to any bacteria.. and im a clean person... )
he leaves a nurse comes in nothing gets looked out he doesnt seem concerned or nothing....
she gives me my discharge papres and then some off brand tylenol.. and how much to give him instructions since no bottle tellsy ou for kids ethan's age...
i ask her why he isnt getting checked lord am i pissed at this point htis is my baby and im helpless nobody will luisten to me .. i hate this .. major downfall for being a young mother none will listen to you ...
she says this is normal for a first time mother.. i hold my tongue while she tells me to sign the discharge papers ..
nurse:"the er is for life and death situations and this was not a life an death situation the doc already ruled that out ."
i finally look at her and say
"im not a first time mother i only came in bc my pediatrician told me i should and that my 3 yr old at home was very sick last week he had to get a shot of steroids to open his airways and was on antibiotics.i just wanted to be sure he didnt get it bc he is so little."
she shooed me away with a this doc has been a doc for many years and if you dont agree with his diagnosis to go see my pediatrician on monday..
i left feeling so mad... after not getting seen till 1230am and then getting tossed out the door and in my car at 1am ... i was like wtf i was waiting in your lobby for 3 hours and all you do is send me home with tylenol and dont even check my son for anything.
This is my frustration//// AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! (im screaming here)
*update*
its 12noon now and ethan is sleeping next to me in his car seat swaddled with his binkie in his mouth. yesterday at 335 am ethan woke up extra fusy and he felt warm so i took his temp rectally the only kind of thermometer i have and it said 100.7 and so since a nurse had told me that anything over 99.3 for an infant his age is a fever i was glad that i bought some infants ibprofen at walmart on our date nt .. i gave him half a 6 months olds dose... the smallest dropper option 0.625 ml a 6 mos old gets 1.25 ml . anyways the fever went away and he slept normal but he has been sleepy more and throwing up his feeds alot and all day so i let him sleep ...
then at like 830pm he was fussy again and warm really warm so i took his temp again and it was 100.9 so i called the on call pediatrician at ohsu and he told me that any fever on a baby that small should be evaluated and that i should bring him in the check himi out for dyhydration and such ... so i said okay and called eric at 9pm he was stillat work till 10pm . he left to come home and take care of the boys so i could go.
since we live rt next to willamette falls hospital in oregon city i went .. big mistake i arrived at 915pm and it was so busy there... i didnt get in to a room till 1140pm and seen by a doc after complaining to the nurse till 1230am... then he came in sat down says " what the problem "???
he then starts to rt and look at the chart... not looking at me...
doc:(old fat man w/ look of i hate my life)"why seems to be the problem ?"
me:"my infant has a fever and my pediatrician said to bring him in.My 3yr old at home was sick last week and was on cephlaxein antibiotics and was vomiting and had a bad cough.. he lost his voi..."
doc:"are you talking about this one or another im confused?" and then he dootles on his page and ignores what i was saying.
"how is his eating and peeing"
me: "good i guess but he is coughing and very fussy and wants to sleep alot and his eyes are very red. "with irritation bc he wont listen to me to understand why i came to the er in the first place.
doc rolls off the chair comes over to the bed and lifts ethan up to his height tells me to take his shirt off... ethan is swaddled and finally asleep i grunt but follow directions.
doc then grabs the wall ear and throat contraptions and checks him out ... while aggresivly moving his head like ethan is a baby doll to flop here and there...
he goes back tohis chair sits down
doc: "it looks like he just have a viral infection ill have the nurse give you tylenol and send you home."
i then begin pleading with him on why he isnt even checking his fluid levels or thouroughly checking him.. ( the nurse told me he was the only doc in ER tonight ) so i have a feeling he is just passing us along like whatever...
i tell him about how elijah had afever at 6 wks and he had a uti... he then asks me if ethan is circumsized.. (like what difference does that make statistically there is no difference since at this age the foreskin cant be pulled back to be exposed to any bacteria.. and im a clean person... )
he leaves a nurse comes in nothing gets looked out he doesnt seem concerned or nothing....
she gives me my discharge papres and then some off brand tylenol.. and how much to give him instructions since no bottle tellsy ou for kids ethan's age...
i ask her why he isnt getting checked lord am i pissed at this point htis is my baby and im helpless nobody will luisten to me .. i hate this .. major downfall for being a young mother none will listen to you ...
she says this is normal for a first time mother.. i hold my tongue while she tells me to sign the discharge papers ..
nurse:"the er is for life and death situations and this was not a life an death situation the doc already ruled that out ."
i finally look at her and say
"im not a first time mother i only came in bc my pediatrician told me i should and that my 3 yr old at home was very sick last week he had to get a shot of steroids to open his airways and was on antibiotics.i just wanted to be sure he didnt get it bc he is so little."
she shooed me away with a this doc has been a doc for many years and if you dont agree with his diagnosis to go see my pediatrician on monday..
i left feeling so mad... after not getting seen till 1230am and then getting tossed out the door and in my car at 1am ... i was like wtf i was waiting in your lobby for 3 hours and all you do is send me home with tylenol and dont even check my son for anything.
This is my frustration//// AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! (im screaming here)