Excuse the extra punctuation, but we got a call from the coordinator at Children’s and she said that their neurologist had looked at the records and thought this was not too serious so they’d slot us in at the end of the month. This, after his lump has become firmer during the night.
Earlier, Jen had been on a conference call with the two pediatricians at our practice who agreed that the change was a bit disconcerting. And that we still don’t know the cause. The radiologist called them this morning and had an addendum to his previous diagnosis: it was not caused by trauma (maybe now they’ll stop asking us) and the fluid is between the skull and the skin. Duh.
Jen held her ground with the coordinator, let her speak her piece, then asked if she had spoken with our docs this morning. No, she said, but was going to call them after speaking with Jen, and the neurologist was making his diagnosis from the paper he had in front of him. Jen asked her to please call them, because they seemed to think that this required more urgent attention. She agreed.
We are now left waiting. Again.
Cameron says:
March 9th, 2005 at 1:57 pm
The head trauma thing, while annoying in your case, is a sign that they are on the ball. Cold fricking comfort mb, but a good thing none the less.
Good luck bludgeoning them into what you need them to do.
BIYF says:
March 9th, 2005 at 2:05 pm
Ugh.. stupid people me off even when they aren’t directly affecting me! Beat ‘em up Eric. And I hope everything turns out alright…
Jennifer says:
March 9th, 2005 at 3:16 pm
As a parent myself, I know how you must feel. I agree that there should be some more urgency regarding the matter, 1/2 a month is far to long to wait.
Universal Hub says:
March 9th, 2005 at 7:33 pm
Healthcare
Fondofelves discusses the challenge of getting her mother out of the hospital and into a rehab center.
Eric discusses the challenge of
christine says:
March 10th, 2005 at 7:38 am
My sister in law and her husband have a 4 month old, they live in Pittsburgh PA. They noticed the back of their son’s head was growing outward, the front was flattening… so they went to the doctor. MRIs, X-rays, CTscans… his plates in his skull had fused shut. So… they operated on him last week, fixed the problem, and hopefully it won’t happen again until it is supposed to. While they have a totally different situation from yours, they had NO problems like it seems you’re having. Why is it Boston touts its medical community as the best on the planet, but folks like you get dicked around?
Good luck. I’ll be reading and following — wishing you the best.
Neurology says:
August 6th, 2008 at 2:48 am
Neurology
[…] unknown instances of such generalisation may be discovered. Some such as those who support the idea of selective neurology follows this type of thinking. The other alternative is to view biology as a system that is instructured […]