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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 505974" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I used to give fairly complete info. Now, it depends on what is going on. The local ER has done some incredibly stupid things, some that were so callous as to be cruel, in my opinion. Esp in regard to kids who are in pain. If you don't act like their idea of what someone in pain acts like, well, they won't treat it at all. Period. For a long time I thought it was just us but I learned otherwise from a LOT of people. For anything that my kid can tolerate the drive for, we drive to the city (about 90 min) to the Children's ER. The care is just better and they actually listen to parents. </p><p></p><p>A complete medication list is important, but they have jumped to so many stupid conclusions based on the various diagnosis's that I just wait and see what is appropriate before I give them those. At one point the local ER decided that since thank you has sensory integration disorder it meant that he doesn't really feel pain so they could do stitches with-o a local anesthetic and that he didn't need any pain medications to treat the problem after he was home. After all, Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) means that you dont' feel pain, didn't YOU know that? The dr changed his mind when I offered to tear his lungs out with my teeth. There was NO way he was getting close to my kid after saying that. Just NONE. But this is our local small hospital and they have done/said so many stupid and crazy things that I am super wary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 505974, member: 1233"] I used to give fairly complete info. Now, it depends on what is going on. The local ER has done some incredibly stupid things, some that were so callous as to be cruel, in my opinion. Esp in regard to kids who are in pain. If you don't act like their idea of what someone in pain acts like, well, they won't treat it at all. Period. For a long time I thought it was just us but I learned otherwise from a LOT of people. For anything that my kid can tolerate the drive for, we drive to the city (about 90 min) to the Children's ER. The care is just better and they actually listen to parents. A complete medication list is important, but they have jumped to so many stupid conclusions based on the various diagnosis's that I just wait and see what is appropriate before I give them those. At one point the local ER decided that since thank you has sensory integration disorder it meant that he doesn't really feel pain so they could do stitches with-o a local anesthetic and that he didn't need any pain medications to treat the problem after he was home. After all, Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) means that you dont' feel pain, didn't YOU know that? The dr changed his mind when I offered to tear his lungs out with my teeth. There was NO way he was getting close to my kid after saying that. Just NONE. But this is our local small hospital and they have done/said so many stupid and crazy things that I am super wary. [/QUOTE]
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