OK easy child was unsure if she was gonna go to her pediatrician or to immediate care, unsure becuz her head was hurting and she was throwing up- and seldom can you get in to pediatrician same day, anyway, and if at time of her appointment she was feeling worse, maybe she would not even feel up to going ya know? Then she could not decide if she wanted to go on her own, or if she wanted me to go with, it is less than a mile, and she is wanting to be doing things "on her own" cuz she will be 18 in a few weeks.....well, she decided she would go- by herself- to immediate care, and she was feeling some better, she was going to doctor mostly becuz she hasmissed most of the school days that were not snow days for the last 2 weeks or so, and school was going to by now require a docs note....THATS why she went.
We were thinking that girls in need of because go to doctor without parent, and girls who are preg go without mom and girls with stds go without parents, etc. AND she had gone once after a bee sting, I came right away, but she got to hospital, and they treated her before I got there.....and.....since she was 12, most of the time docs seem to act strange when I AM there.....they often try to get me out of there, they want the kid alone.....and hey, kids here can refuse treatment irregardless of parent.....so- she decided she wanted to go alone.
ALas, she got there, her docs offices where she has her pediatrician in the building, in the facility, all her records etc are there, she has been patient there her whole life.......
They refused to see her. Until I came.
SO, I went, and then we had to go to back of the long line and wait all over again.......
Originally they told her it was a new state law they could not see anyone under 18 without parent present?
So- um, when I was in nurseing school a few years ago, we were taught that an under 18 child needed their mom but under 18 who HAS their own child can give permission for their baby to be tr eated but not themself? weird. BUT then there was the thing of preg kids etc.....and they could be seen without parent? SO I was getting VERY confused? So poor easy child while I was there, while she was getting chest xray, I was trying to get them to explain it all so I COULD understand?
UG! Then they gave her a breathing treatment, but- GRRRR.....they just brought it in the room, and set it down and left, came back a few mins later and were surprised we had not DONE it? I am a nurse, BUT I never had a patient on breathing treatment.....um, where I worked we had respiratory therapists.....and-----um....none of my kids or me has ever had one before, so we did not know how to do it etc?
and hey, the docs office does not know I am a nurse, why do they assume we know how to do one?
Then the doctor is asking about medications etc and my easy child says she is on Yaz. UG! the doctor got weird and decided to lecture easy child, not about taking Yaz, but about haveing sex? Yeesh. And well, um, I smoke. husband smokes, and difficult child smokes.so, of course the smell clings in spite of my best efforts and repeated washing of things like our winter coats.....so the doctor begnins to lecture us about that. Well, on one hand I expect it and am accustomed to it......BUT then he simply ASSUMED my child has extensive history of antibiotics, breathing treatments, inhalers etc. Um. NOT. None of my kids have ever had pneumonia before. My kids do not have asthma, the do not get colds or flu, never got ear infections, never never never. As infants they never took antibiotics at all, it has only been the last 18 months or so that any of my kids have had an antibiotic at all......I think difficult child got strep once.......easy child had mono, but they first thought it was an infection? and son for his eye surgery.
OK yes, we smoke, (NOT easy child) but do not assume we have all kinds of illness and extensive history of illness becuz we smoke. My ONLY experience with anntibiotics is administering them to my patients.
and yes, I was frustrated about release to school tomorrow.she will NOT have been on antibiotic but a scant 12 hours by morning......her O2 level is low......so WTH? BUT easy child has missed so much school with this, she is now up to truancy issues if she does NOT go. UG! Course overload, advanced placement classes, has enough credits to have graduated LAST year, but opted to do one more year of HS anyway, becuz going to college so soon made her a lil nervous....she was already among the younger in her class.....and she is high honor roll.
Weirdness filling her Rx......they had been filling Rx there with our insurance, but today pharm said no- said they were gtting an error message, so they could not fill it.
Then easy child went home, and I decided to try one more time, this is the only doctor in this town......difficult child needs a new primary doctor, has now outgrown the pediatrician....pediatrician refuses to see her, and she has high blood pressure.....but difficult child now has Medicaide......well, nope they will not take it and said noone in the county will......they told me to take difficult child to ER for blood pressure.well, ER won't treat blood pressure.
<sigh>
The whole thing was quite frustrating. Very annoying. easy child was more than a little upset that she had to be bothered, LOL. and easy child said mom, see, if I had started college, I would still have to CALL YOU to come take me to doctor.....this is so dumb, mom. <sigh>
I was frustrated becuz she is trying to learn how to do these things for herself, frustrated becuz last place I wanna be on my medications is in a place full of sick persons, and in this weather, my illness sure does not appreciate going out.....and easy child did not feel all that ill....well, not until she had to sit thru the waiting room thru 2 turns. And yes, she was offended that she cannot have pneumonia and get seen, but her peers are haveing babies, getting treated for stds, and they do not need mommy. and she KNOWS difficult children psychiatrists local used to get irate at difficult child when difficult child refused to see psychiatrists withOUT me. easy child wants to know why mentally ill sister can NOT have mom in exam room, even at age 12, but she cannot have pneumonia with me a mile away? at almost age 18?
Why do they give mentally ill difficult child psychiatric medications whether I am aware or not but won't take a chest xray without me being right there? ANd if they are SO worried about her, WHY are they sending her to school TOMORROW?
In this frigid temps, with 6 new inches of snow, to be in the 4 story brick building with no elevators etc? Infecting everyone else?
Well, the nurse at docs did say ack, this school- thiis school is nuts, we get way too many kids here who are not really sick enough to be here by us really, BUT school requires they come, and this darned school is ALWAYS sending us kids under threat of calling CPS if parents do not come, so we are doing unnecessary appts ALL the time......just so parents can PROVE their kids are not as sick as school wants to think they are, doesn't this school WANT kids at school? BUT this school also does not want to let PARENTS say if the kid is sick, nope. They must think all parents are too dumb to know if their kid is sick or not?
So, I guess the docs nurse is tired of this school, too?
Well, easy child had gatorade, water, chicken soup and went to bed.