Angie’s List is rating medical services, and since we’ve been writing about medical related issues on the Blue House Blog, I thought I’d share my recent experience.
I had to take my mom to the doctor on Tuesday. She’d been having sharp pains in her stomach and couldn’t sleep due to the discomfort she was experiencing. My grandmother and I kept trying to get her to go to the hospital, but she decided to hold out and wait for her appointment with her doctor.
I couldn’t understand why she was purposefully prolonging her suffering. Continue reading ‘Belly ache: choosing between family doctor and strangers at the hospital’
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I took Armand Z. Pogue, also known as Mini-Me, also known as Son-of-Mine, to the orthopedist yesterday for what we all hope will be the last time. You may recall that he wore full leg casts for a while to correct a case of clubfoot, which ultimately required surgery. It was a minor surgery, but of course, when you’re a parent of a seven-month old heading into the operating room, no surgery is “minor.” Continue reading ‘Trusting the doctors’
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When I was growing up, our family doctor was Dr. Patel. I could never understand a word he said, but my mom could — and that’s all that mattered.
If anyone in our family was really sick, Mom would call Dr. Patel’s office. Beverly, who was both the receptionist and the nurse, would answer the phone and schedule an appointment for us that same day. Continue reading ‘Searching for quality health care’
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