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any H/Vs Out There?

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ilovemydogandmrobama · 24/06/2009 18:23

DS (15 months) is under the care of a Paediatirican for a range of issues.

About a month ago, DS swallowed a 5p piece. Took him to Children's A & E and they found it was in his stomach, and said it would pass.

Fast forward 4 weeks later, and it hadn't passed. DS also had what looked like colic, so the combination made me want to consult A & E.

The A & E doc first wanted to have a whole medical history starting with my pregnancy. I answered the question, and she asked if I had the red book with me, which I did and showed it to her. She asked about his slow weight gain, and I corrected her -- she was looking at the wrong graph (0-12 month graph) and that he has been thriving for past few months. I reiterated that he was under the care of a Paediatrican at the same Children's hospital.

Oh, and then she asked me to take DS to the public area of A & E where there wasn't any metal, so poor DS had an audience standing there in his nappy and crying.

There wasn't any metal detected, so guess I missed it, which is fine.

She then wanted to start various tests on him, and I said that he was under the care of Dr. (*) and was only really here about the 5p piece.

She wasn't able to examine DS as he was quite upset, so she said that she would have the H/V come to the house and examine him. This didn't make sense to me as if he needed to be examined, then I would go to the GP, and am not sure that a H/V is qualified anyway to do a full examination.

Anyway, we left and our GP called this afternoon. He said that there had been a report that I was acting, 'agitated'.

As you can imagine, I was upset by the allegation and told him the whole story. He told them that I had never acted agitated the whole time he's known me, but said he'd have a word.

The H/V is calling me on Friday.

Further, the A & E doctor didn't bother to call DS Paediatrician, nor anyone from his team, if these were genuine concerns.

Where do these reports go, and how does one correct it?

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
ilovemydogandmrobama · 24/06/2009 19:40

anyone?

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