Youngest child has been sick since Monday night and just keeps getting worse. The point has been reached where she flat out needs to go to the hospital, even though it means 4 or 5 hours in the Indian Hospital waiting room.
We spent a few hours in the ER with Isk (12 months) last night. Luckily, we were being overly paranoid, and were sent home again, but, still--not fun. Hopefully your experience won't be too bad.
It was quite a wait but other than that the experience was good. Youngest is 6, she needed phenergan suppositories to stop her vomiting and keep her from winding up hospitalized from dehydration. They worked but she felt the whole experience was an assault on her dignity.
Oh, the poor dear. At least they were able to get her vomiting stopped.
she felt the whole experience was an assault on her dignity.
Isk shared this assessment. Rectal thermometer? Yup. Having chest listened to with stethoscope? Yup. The thing where they look in ears? Yup. Being asked to sit on the crib, rather than have mama hold him? Of course. Having attending doctor look at him funny? You betcha. I may have permanently lost some hearing over the past few days.
It might not mean a 4-5 hour wait. Usually, people are seen in ERs in order of acuity, i.e. the sickest get seen first. In any case, I hope she gets seen sooner, rather than later, and gets better soon, too.
I don't know if you're familiar with the Indian Health Service but my local IHS hospital serves more than 50,000 people with just a handful of doctors and nurses and a shoestring budget. It slows things down considerably. Three weeks ago I brought the same child in with a temp of 105, seven hours later she was seen be a doctor.
I'm sorry if I spoke out of turn. I know nothing about the IHS. Because of the early flu season, ERs are pretty jammed everywhere, but seven hours for a child that sick to wait to be seen seems way worse than average.
No offense taken, I was just explaining that the Indian Health Service has its disadvantages (the wait being primary) and its advantages (being free). Non-Indians are often unfamiliar with the system. It seemed like the logical thing to explain that the different system meant a longer wait.
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We spent a few hours in the ER with Isk (12 months) last night. Luckily, we were being overly paranoid, and were sent home again, but, still--not fun. Hopefully your experience won't be too bad.
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she felt the whole experience was an assault on her dignity.
Isk shared this assessment. Rectal thermometer? Yup. Having chest listened to with stethoscope? Yup. The thing where they look in ears? Yup. Being asked to sit on the crib, rather than have mama hold him? Of course. Having attending doctor look at him funny? You betcha. I may have permanently lost some hearing over the past few days.
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Three weeks ago I brought the same child in with a temp of 105, seven hours later she was seen be a doctor.
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