Office Work, Part Deux: Professional Mayhen

[sparkles2307]

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I also weigh a trip to the ER against how long we'll have to wait, travel time, and how much they'll actually help.

Last time we went to the ER was for DS#2's 4th bday. He threw up once before I got him at daycare at 5pm, 3 more times on the way home, and then once every 15 minutes till we took him in at 10pm. Its an hour to the ER from our house. By the time we got there he was hanging limp like a corpse in DH's arms. So dehydrated they had to IV his thigh and the anti-puke shot made him puke. I felt like a bad mom...but they didn't even know what was wrong at the ER and couldnt do anything for him anyways besides the IV.

No one's been to the ER besides me since then.

 

[Orchid]

I weigh the need for an ER visit against the chances of getting a doctor who doesn't know the difference between an ear and a toenail. We get some very interesting ER docs here.

 

[sparkles2307]

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Yes ditto for here too.

The Ada Er is the best I've been too but they close at 5 pm.

 

[maple]

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It was raining and sleeting here a little bit ago.

You just keep that crap down there missy!

Yeah!

 

[Orchid]

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Yes ditto for here too.

The Ada Er is the best I've been too but they close at 5 pm.

Oh THAT'S helpful. Be sure your emergency medical condition happens before 5!

 

[maple]

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I like to go to the ER for fun. The inebriated older woman yelling at imaginary people was fun. And my sister got to witness a naked man running through the building and hiding from security. I once heard the dr. ask a teenage girl why she swallowed a battery? Was she trying to hurt herself on purpose? uhh, yeah.

oh fun times...don't even need to turn on the tv.

 

[maple]

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He's naughtier than expected but that's ok cuz he found out I am too.

 

[sparkles2307]

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I like to go to the ER for fun. The inebriated older woman yelling at imaginary people was fun. And my sister got to witness a naked man running through the building and hiding from security. I once heard the dr. ask a teenage girl why she swallowed a battery? Was she trying to hurt herself on purpose? uhh, yeah.

oh fun times...don't even need to turn on the tv.

All we get is um, nothing.

There can be not another soul for miles and still we wait 45 minutes to be seen and get shoddy service.

 

[Orchid]

When DH cut off his finger, the ER doc had me look at the x-rays to see if I thought the next finger over was broken. (It wasn't, there was a thread of something showing up in the x-ray that went well beyond his finger.) Ummmmm......

 

[sparkles2307]

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thats freaking awesome! Not.