Scary Day!

Yesterday was just officially scary! It all started that Tate was standing on top of a little toy drum (maybe 6-12 inches off the ground). He slipped and fell, landed on the carpet, on his back (I think). No big deal right? WRONG!!! I picked him up, and then he completely passed out, eyes rolled back and everything-A Mother's worst nightmare!! With his limp body still in my arms, I freaked out, grabbed the phone and proceeded to dial 911, brought him over to the couch and laid him down, said a brief prayer for him, and then HE CAME OUT OF IT! He was out for close to 30 seconds. When he came to, he started coughing and looked all around, then he screamed at the top of his lungs for about 3-5 minutes. Poor Kid! Paramedics came and checked him out-which he had no noticable signs of falling or anything, he seemed completely normal at that point, except for the fact that he was still clinging to me! He acted totally normal for the entire rest of the day-jumping, running around, the regular.

This isn't the first time this has happened, It's actually the third time he's passed out from falls. Each time the amount of time he's OUT has lengthened. This all started about a year ago when we were building our swimming pool. We were standing in the pool area-Tate broke loose from holding my hand, ran off at top speed, fell in the pool, and landed on his head (about a 3-4 foot fall)! We immediately brought him into the E.R., they dismissed him without a cat scan or anything. The next week, he was running on the tile in our kitchen, tripped and fell, and passed out for just a short time. We brought him back in to the emergency room. They again did NOTHING, telling us to just watch him for any noticeable changes. Anyways, he went probably 8 months with no more passing out. Then, he did it again. This time, we again had the paramedics come to check him out, but we didn't bring him in. Well, now it's happened yet again! I'm officially concerned and anxious to get him seen and diagnosed!

So, yesterday when I called his pediatrician to get him in, they told me to take him straight to the E.R. and that they wouldn't set an appointment for him. I told them that we had already been there, done that in the past, and not gotten anywhere. They again told me that they wouldn't schedule an appointment. Frustrated, I called Bryan, he told me to call back and demand an appointment! I called back, and they were busy for close to an hour. Finally, I got through to them and they told me the same thing. This time I asked for a nurse to call me back on my home phone. She, of course, calls back on my cell phone and leaves a message basically stating the same thing, that I need to take him into the E.R. now! By this point, I was REALLY frustrated! Bryan then called, and asked for the nurse practitioner to call him. 5 1/2 later-NO CALL back. He called again and demanded to speak to her. They told him that they would leave another message for her to call. At this point, it was close to 4:30 in the afternoon! Finally, she called-Completely UPSET and very angry at Bryan for not having brought him in to the E.R. Bryan told her, that we don't want to go about this backwards, and that we would only like to see the doctor so that he could possibly refer us to a specialist or at least set an appointment at the E.R. for a cat scan. The nurse was comletely syco! She told him that the only way you can get an appointment at the E.R., is to have a doctors referall. (Well DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Bryan said, "Okay, so can we set that appointment to see the doctor to get the doctor's referal?" She finally consented, and told him that she would put him through to the appointment desk so they could schedule that. She put Bryan on hold, and magically he was disconnected! So, he called back AGAIN, this time the receptionist put Bryan on hold, after several minutes she told Bryan that they could get Tate in on the 26th, in 2 weeks!

How pathetic!!! So, Bryan went ahead and set that appointment.

I then called Dr. Merkley's office (Bryan and My Doctor). I explained to them about Tate and his situation, they told me that they could get him in on Wednesday. Then, about 1/2 hour later, Dr. Merkley himself called and asked how Tate was doing, and told us that he would like to see him as soon as possible.

He scheduled us an appointment for today!

I LOVE DR. MERKLEY!!! Finally, a doctor that actually cares and is willing to accept us!

So, as you can see, I'm just a LITTLE frustrated with Tate's pediatrician! In the future, I think we're going to stick with Dr. Merkley for all our family's needs.

Wish us luck today!!!