My apology. A couple of weeks ago, my granddaughter sat in the ER with my daughter, with a rupturing appendix, a 103 fever, in shock, for two and a half hours as a result of the triage nurse’s inability to take a “bellyache” seriously. As a result, she’s been very ill.
I guess my sense of humor was amputated...again, I’m sorry.
Sorry to hear that. Triage is a tough job. Mistakes a made, particularly when folks use the emergency room as their primary healthcare provider.
A word to the wise,
When children are involved call 911 and have
an ambulance bring them in. Unfortunately,
the EMTs have much more experience than the
‘clerk’ sitting at the emergency room window.
I understand about the humor amputation. I was going to post similarly, as my own sense of humor in this area was also amputated.
When he was checked into the pediatric emergency room, my son neither was bleeding, nor was anything broken, nor was anything that should have been on the inside on the outside.
However, the brain tumor WAS the size of a golf ball, and the neurologist thought that was a good reason to admit through the emergency department. But heck, he’s a mere doctor with over 30 years experience, a tenured professor at the best hospital in the United States. What does he know?
By the way, the tumor was removed five days later and the prognosis is very good.
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