OMG-yn!, Part 2
CZECH REPUBLIC, DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN, HOSPITAL, IGNORING & INATTENTIVE, JERK | HEALTHY | JANUARY 23, 2019
(I wake up feeling sick. There are explosions of pain in my right side. I try to walk it off but after a few hours my boyfriend decides it’s time to stop playing hero, and he takes me to an emergency room. A receptionist is sorting patients according to their suspected diagnosis — broken bones and physical injuries are sent to the surgical ER, ob-gyn problems to the ob-gyn ER, toothache to the dentist ER, etc. We think it’s appendicitis, so I end up in general ER because we actually don’t know what’s wrong. I am four months pregnant and it’s already starting to show.)
Doctor: “We need to do a test to see if you are pregnant.”
Me: “I am pregnant.”
Doctor: “Riiight. So, we will do the test to see if you are pregnant…”
Me: “I am pregnant.”
Doctor: “Sure. So this test–“
Me: “Which part of ‘I am pregnant’ don’t you understand?”
Doctor: “This test will determine if you are pregnant.”
Me: “Okay, last time: I am pregnant. I’m 17 weeks along. In your right hand is my pregnancy card which confirms my pregnancy, includes all the tests, results, and every check-up I’ve had. I am four months pregnant!”
Doctor: *pause* “Well, why didn’t you say so?”
Me: “Arggggh!”
(She sent me to ob-gyn ER since “irritated pregnant women aren’t her problem.” At the ob-gyn ER, I was told my baby was fine, and since they also agreed it might be appendicitis, they sent me to the surgical ER where they determined it wasn’t appendicitis, but that the cause of the pain was my baby. I had a slightly irritated and swollen appendix, and the position of my son allowed him to kick it, which caused the explosions of pain. Two days of an icepack on my right side and liquid diet, and I was fine.)
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