My child should not still be sick! I am extremely frustrated with a certain Doctor at "Children's Medicine of Rockdale" named Kimberly Brown (not to name names)! She did not give my baby the proper follow up care she deserved when we got back from Myrtle Beach and I believe that is the only explanation for why she ended up here yesterday!!!
We ended up at the emergency room a week after a (neglectful) visit to the (stupid) Doctor that was supposed to take care of my child. Alex had spilled some of her medicine and the (dumb) lady said that she had taken enough. The.bottle.says.take.for.10.days! She made us really upset when she did not take blood or order a new chest x-ray. She just said "I am not the one who diagnosed her with pneumonia" and "I never said she had pneumonia"! UGH! How frustrating! Well, do I need to tell you what our next move was?? We walked! I took all four of my children's care to another Pediatrician (closer to my house)! We loved her right from the start! She ordered a chest x-ray without us having to ask and was very kind and caring....Hello? Isn't that how a Pediatrician should be? Well, Alex ended up getting very sick again and off we went to the new Dr. Khalid! She drew blood and tested for flu and various other things and came up with an elevated White Blood Cell Count, twice the normal number! She sent us to Egleston Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ER. We spent the whole day (7.5 hours to be exact) and ended up with pneumonia...again.
I had Aunt Cindy and Derek with me all day while watching Alex deal with so much to find out what was wrong. She had an IV inserted into her arm which the (very nice) nurses said was going to give her arm a drink. A few minutes later, and after she calmed down from fighting all of us, she said "But my arm wasn't even thirsty!" When they started talking about Surgeons possibly having to visit, I really started to worry! It wasn't until Cindy and I took a walk to the gift shop in the hospital that I realized how much worse it could be. We saw little children with no hair pushing IV poles, one was even getting sick in a trash can! That walk with my precious Aunt Cindy really put things into perspective for us! It was so sad! I am always one to say "It could always be worse", but for some reason and in all of my panic, I forgot my own words!!..until then.
After many hours of waiting, x-rays (which included her first ride in a "rolling chair"), blood tests, breathing treatment, fluids and medicine in her IV, we went HOME, which is something some of those children will never do!
My handsome Husband carried his little angel to the car and off we went. I was so glad to have his and Cindy's support all day. I was truly scared! It is the not knowing that was bothering me! I wanted nothing to be wrong in the first place, but wanted them to find something so they could treat it because I knew something was there!
Through all of this, my Mom has not been mentioned because she was at home watching Avery for us and Anna, Madison and Maybree were with her too! It killed her that she couldn't be there, but sometimes you just go where you are needed. That is what she says. We know we had hers and Anna's prayers, though. That meant so much!
So, to all of you who have prayed for our little Alex over the past two weeks, THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts! We truly appreciate it. While you are praying every night, will you please say a special prayer for all of those children who did not get to go home?
Love and good health to all!
Until next time....
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I left a message earlier and it went away! I am happy that Alex is on the road to recovery for sure this time. I hated not being there with you all but knew that you had some good support with Cindylou and Derek. Anna helped me to keep from sitting in the floor and crying. It was a rough day but Avery and Madison really had a good time together. She calls Maybree "Mavery" and it is just too cute. Alex is a real trooper to go thru all that. I love her soooo much and want her to be all better. Love and prayers to all the little children!
It was a long stressful day but so glad that when I walked in this morning I got to see that smile!!! All is gonna be fine because we now have a doctor that really care about our children!!!
GLAD TO HEAR EVERYTHING IS GOING BETTER NOW.HATE TO HEAR ABOUT THE CRUMMY DR. SOME DR'S JUST DON'T CARE. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO FIND THEM SOMETHING ELES TO DO. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BABIES WELL MATTER FACT ANYBODY.BARBARA KEPT ME POSTED WHILE YALL WERE THERE.I KNOW A HOSPITAL MAKES FOR A LONG DAY.I HOPE YOU CAN GET SOME REST.GOOD TO HEAR YOU HAD CINDY AND DEREK WITH YOU. SO HAPPY SHE GOT TO LEAVE. SO SAD FOR THOSE BABIES WHO ARE STILL THERE AND MIGHT NEVER GET TO LEAVE. MAY GOD BE WITH THEM LITTLE ANGELS.YOUR BABY AND THEM OTHER BABIES STILL IN THE HOSPITAL WILL BE IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.IF I CAN HELP LET ME KNOW.
You are so right. It's a sad place to visit, but thankfully, there's lots of healing there too. I'm glad Alex was on the healing side. I hate she had to go through all of that, but it sounds and looks like she was tougher than her petite size would lead you to believe. Dynamite comes in small packages, you know.
Love ya!
She looks so pale. Poor baby girl. Brought tears to my eyes. It is so hard to see children sick. I am glad you changed doctors. Praying for you all!!!!
At least you know you have a Doctor that will see her all the way back to healthy this time!! We truly hate that we did not get to see you this time, Madison asks about everyone all the time - Audim, Autin, Alex and Avery and An Tracy - as she pronounces them all! I don't know that we will come back before school starts, but it would be nice if we could! We love you guys! Hugs to everyone!
Oh, I tell you, I have had my fair share of doctors I wanted to strangle! You just never think of them as being dumb, but I swear sometimes I feel I know more than they do. I haven't been able to comment on my Blackberry, but I have been praying for Alex a speedy recovery. It helps to keep in perspective when you see all those sick babies. It's heartbreaking. Love you and have a great week :0)
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