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This Takes The Cake!!!
So I sent a little boy home today with a full body rash that looks very similar to what the coxsackie virus looks like. I sent dcm this text:
Hey ****. ******* has a rash all over his body. He needs to be picked up immediately and taken to the doctor.
She came and picked up her son within 20 minutes. Great!
So the following text messages took place about 2 hours later:
Me: Did you figure out what the rash was?
DCM: Oh shoot sorry...******* dr was out of the office today but her assistant said that the rash was nothing to worry about. They said that the dr would call me tomorrow to confirm that.
Are you kidding me? The assistant said it was nothing to worry about and the doctor will CALL to confirm that? Since when does a doctor make a diagnosis without seeing the child. Plus so what if his doctor was out of the office we do have what is called WALK IN CLINICS!!! RED FLAG!!!
Me: Ok but he won't be able to come back until he sees a doctor confirming what the rash is. I will need a doctors note with diagnosis. I have children here with compromised immune systems so I have to think of the whole group. I had a little boy last year who had a very similar rash and was brought to daycare, rash didn't look serious but my whole group got infected with the coxsackie virus.
Dcm: Oh yeah I totally understand...I will talk to his doctor tomorrow and let you know what she says.
SHE WILL TALK to his doctor tomorrow??
Me: Ok make sure you get a written note. Thanks.
I WILL NOT accept her son back into daycare until I have a written diagnosis from a doctor and it better be a REAL doctor's note too. This same mom refused to take him to the doctor when he had the runs for 5 days straight because it was nothing (blamed it on milk sensitivity and I, like an idiot believed her) I ended up with the same da** thing (minus the milk sensitivity) with runs for 5 days! Was not happy!!!
Hey ****. ******* has a rash all over his body. He needs to be picked up immediately and taken to the doctor.
She came and picked up her son within 20 minutes. Great!
So the following text messages took place about 2 hours later:
Me: Did you figure out what the rash was?
DCM: Oh shoot sorry...******* dr was out of the office today but her assistant said that the rash was nothing to worry about. They said that the dr would call me tomorrow to confirm that.
Are you kidding me? The assistant said it was nothing to worry about and the doctor will CALL to confirm that? Since when does a doctor make a diagnosis without seeing the child. Plus so what if his doctor was out of the office we do have what is called WALK IN CLINICS!!! RED FLAG!!! Me: Ok but he won't be able to come back until he sees a doctor confirming what the rash is. I will need a doctors note with diagnosis. I have children here with compromised immune systems so I have to think of the whole group. I had a little boy last year who had a very similar rash and was brought to daycare, rash didn't look serious but my whole group got infected with the coxsackie virus.
Dcm: Oh yeah I totally understand...I will talk to his doctor tomorrow and let you know what she says.
SHE WILL TALK to his doctor tomorrow??
Me: Ok make sure you get a written note. Thanks.
I WILL NOT accept her son back into daycare until I have a written diagnosis from a doctor and it better be a REAL doctor's note too. This same mom refused to take him to the doctor when he had the runs for 5 days straight because it was nothing (blamed it on milk sensitivity and I, like an idiot believed her) I ended up with the same da** thing (minus the milk sensitivity) with runs for 5 days! Was not happy!!!
I had to refuse to let a DCG girl return TWICE last year before her parents would take her to a doctor. Actually say the words to them, "She can't come back here even to the door until she sees a doctor. Her symptoms concern me greatly and I have to insist on a doctor's note." Once she had impetigo and the other time she had an allergic reaction to a cleaning product (not here) that looked horrible. Both times they covered the rashes with pants and bandaids.
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