Why Do We Even Have Those Things?
DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN, IGNORING & INATTENTIVE, LAZY/UNHELPFUL, MEDICAL OFFICE, USA | HEALTHY | MARCH 22, 2021
I am the author of this story. I have another story that involves my sweet-tempered and loving son. We are at the doctor’s office. My son has a condition where the usual treatment is penicillin, which he is highly allergic to. The doctor comes in, asks some questions, and then walks out to get some medicine and a needle.
The doctor walks back in, grabs an alcohol wipe, and starts swabbing my son with it, and then she starts to edge the needle close to him.
Son: “Um, what is that?”
Doctor: “Oh, it’s just penicillin. Nothing to worry about.”
My son pulls his arm away, and I am instantly ticked.
Me: “He can’t have penicillin! He’s allergic!”
Doctor: “Well, sorry! How was I supposed to know?”
Son: “It’s on my chart!”
Doctor: “It’s not my job to look at that!”
Me: “What the f*** is your job, then?!”
Our shouting brought another doctor into the room, and when he heard the story, he told the first doctor to wait in his office. He gave my son a different treatment option, which we took. We switched to him shortly after, and now that previous doctor glares at us every time we go there!
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