This morning my 8yr old complained that his leg hurt so badly he didn't want to walk on it. He had been complaining about leg pain for the last couple of weeks but I thought it was just growing pains. I looked into leg pain in kids and found out that complaint about pain in a localized position is reason for concern. Growing pains tend to be in joints and tend to move around.
So I helped him and his brother to the car after attempting to make an appt with the pediatrician. Her office was only open from 9-3 and it is the day before Memorial weekend so she was totally booked. I decided to take him to Urgent Care since it is only about a mile away.
Things looked encouraging since there were only two people in the waiting room when we signed in. Lots of people kept flowing in and out but they were mostly lab patients gettine blood workd done. An hour of waiting and they had only taken one person in to see the doctor! 15 mins later they took the other person ahead of us. I then asked one of the many nurses standing around chatting if they had any idea of how long we would be waiting. They said we should be next and that was all they knew. I asked if seeing 2 people an hour seemed reasonable to them. They said they usually see up to 4/hr. I don't think they should be bragging about that!
After 1.5hrs waiting we were taken in to a new room to wait. At about 2.25 hrs into our adventure we were finally blessed by the presence of the doctor. Did he or any of the nurses apologize for the wait? No. Did this piss me off...you bet ya!
I felt taken for granted because they know that you will due anything you have to to find out what is wrong with your child. So you will just take whatever service they throw your way and you should just be happy you got it. They didn't even give me any idea of what was going on!
Nothing showed up on the xray but the dr said we should follow up with an orthopedic specialist and get an MRI because there might be vascular problems with his hip and/or thigh. We also should keep weight off that leg and make him use crutches.
Over 3hrs to find out we should go to another doctor. Argh!