My Rant

After everyone's advice (which I thank you for), I did end up taking Leon to the doctor's office yesterday and the only real conclusion that was made is that Leon's doctor is an idiot. I know those are harsh words to say about someone, but I honestly didn't realize how stupid and unsensitive doctors can be until yesterday. Needless to say I'll be finding a new one.

I went in to this appointment having lots of questions and concerns I wanted to discuss with the doctor. I was prepared to talk about it too. I had a list. When she came in, she automatically started examing Leon and didn't even ask me what the problem was. I HAD to TRY to talk to her about it. I tried telling her that I thought he may be teething. All she said was that it was very unlikely and that babies don't teeth until they're 6th months old. She didn't even look at his gums. She probably sent a total of three minutes with us until she left and sent the nurse in to do an ear test. The whole time I was in utter shock that my son and I were being treated this way. I didn't know what to do. They said that Leo had a lot of build up in his ears and that they wanted to treat him as if he had an ear infection. I'm still puzzled. I can't believe I payed for such bad service. I talked to my dad today about it and he told me that I shouldn't have put up with that. I'm such a push over. Well, I'll tell you right now, never again!!!! I realize that I should have spoken up. We'll go back in three weeks to have his ears checked out again and that will be our last time. I plan on telling the doctor why we are leaving. You know, not once since we've been going to her has she ever asked us if we have any questions. NOT ONCE! She also doesn't listen. Not good qualities for a doctor, especially for a well known pediatric doctor in the Lafayette area. I realize it could have been a busy day for her but that doesn't rationalize any of it.

Well anyway, Leon is doing much much better. Yesterday was rough but he seems to almost be back to normal. I still don't know if he is teething but I guess sometimes you never know for sure. Hopefully I'll find a good doctor this time around. Thanks everyone for your comments. They were super helpful and although my doctor's visit was a bad one I'm grateful that I went.