Friday, November 6, 2009

The Honeymoon is Over….

Maddie’s back to her old feeding ways and has been for a few days. I’m irritated, frustrated, annoyed. (I think you get the point). I called Dr. Gregory yesterday…you might remember him from my last post, Maddie’s GI Specialist and my hero. I just knew he’d know what to do! I talked with one of the nurses. I told her the urgency of the situation… I know I sounded desperate, because I was. She informed me that I’d be better off making an appt to see Dr. Gregory in the clinic. By the time he’d get around to returning my call, I’d of already been seen. I agreed and asked when the next available appt was. Her response almost knocked me off my chair… two weeks. She apologized and explained that he is a busy man, etc… blah blah blah! Hello, this is my daughter and she needs nutrition… two weeks is tooooooo long! I hung up more annoyed than I was to begin with. In fact, irate would be the perfect word to describe how I felt. The Honeymoon is over… I want a divorce. I called Maddie’s Pediatrician, bad mouthed Dr. A-hole, asked her if she’d refer me to another GI Doc. “He’s the only one, you’d have to go out of state.” I then called my husband, my mom, a friend…. How can he get away with this? I truly thought he genuinely cared about our situation. After tossing and turning all night, I get into work this morning to see that button lit up telling me I have a message. I ignore it… I hadn’t had my coffee and was still moody. In the meantime, George took Maddie to Dr Diedrichsen’s office. She’s the pediatrician… She’s amazing, but I’ll save that for another blog. He took Maddie to get her flu shot at 9 am. They did a weight check and believe it or not, Maddie still gained weight. We’re now at 15 lbs 4 oz. Woohoo! Lets go back to that message now, I played it…. The message was recorded at 6 pm last night and guess who? That’s right, it was Dr. Gregory concerned about Maddie. HE DOES CARE! He even stayed late to call! I had left my work number with the nurse… oops! Now I feel like the A-hole. Moral of the story: Quit flipping out! Maddie has an amazing team who’s looking out for her best interests. Oh, and did you know that a couple days of poor feeding is normal considering we have our first tooth, actually first 2 teeth, poking through?

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