What. The. Heck. #1
The patient is 14 minutes late and is a typical toddler so he does not want to follow his mother and me to the exam room. A sensible parent picks up their toddler at this point and carries him or her. The insensible ones fake walk away from their kids, trying to manipulate their kids into following them. (Bad idea all around, for lots of reasons, not the least of which is that it does not work.) This mother was one of the insensible ones. When her child plopped himself on the floor and cried, she took him by the hand and half dragged-half walked him to the room. All this time, I'm standing there and thinking about the other 3 patients I have waiting on me and wishing I could educate this mother.
What. The. Heck. #2
This mother missed her son's 6 month, 9 month and 12 month well visits, therefore he's very behind on the standard immunization schedule. This mother wants to catch up all the shots possible today. That means 6 shots. One of those injections has 5 components.
What. The. Heck. #3
Mother is concerned about his weight (which was okay, for the record.) so I asked how much he eats and what kinds of foods. She states that he really likes sweets and that's about all he eats. I advise that she stop offering artificial sweets and encourage better choices. I say that eventually he'll eat and learn to eat better things. Patient's mother nods and smiles. Later when I return to give her child all 6 of his shots, she whips out a Dum-Dum for him before I can even blink. So much for not offering sweets, huh? Also, if she keeps a stash of Dum-Dums for any potentially bad situation, she's setting her child up for a lifetime of problems.
Again, I say What. The. Heck.
1 comment:
i can't stand when people take forever when their (or their kids') names are called at the doctor's office. i hate to keep people waiting. the other day at the dentist's office, this lady was called back and she had three kid with her. not only did she not pick up the smallest one, but she also stood there and finished a conversation with her friend who was in the waiting room! meanwhile, the tech was just standing there waiting for her and her kids to come back. i thought that was so rude.
wow - 6 shots! that's pretty much insane. and kind of cruel for the baby, i'd imagine.
#3 - yeah, good luck with introducing veggies and whatnot in between all the crap you're giving your kid, lady. ha!
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