Specialists...

Now that we have a more firm diagnosis for Siobhan, we are into the realm of seeing Doctor's who refer to themselves as 'specialists'. To me that sounds like a military team or a pretentious repair man. Maybe a just a pretentious doctor? I'm sure for the most part, they're not pretentious, it just sounds that way sometimes. Especially when you find out that their schedules are super exclusive! When I had to call the pediatric ophthalmologist at Primary Children's Hospital, they were all, 'Okay, the soonest I can get her in is July 12....lets see her then.' And I was all like, 'Um, I think we'll call the other referral.' The other place was able to get her in on May 24th. So I called yesterday morning to make the appointment with the rheumatologist and they said they didn't have a referral from our Doctor. So I called him (let a message, 'cause that's how docs roll) and let them know that they needed to send a referral. When I found out the referral went through, I went ahead with the process of scheduling the appointment. The nice lady on the other end of the phone line was all 'Why don't we see her on June 30th.' Hmmmm, Dr. W wanted her seen this week so that wouldn't work. But he did offer make calls and pull strings to get us in sooner. So I took the appointment just in case and had Dr. W use his connections. I found out today that they were able to get her in next Wednesday because they had a 'cancellation' that didn't exist 14 hours before. See what I mean, exclusive!

I wonder if making a donation is the medical equivalent of shaking a maitre d's hand with a dollar bill hidden in your palm.


****I feel the need to include the following disclaimer....I really do love Doctors and our pediatrician is especially awesome! Most of my above comments are in jest.****