Overall, it's a very bad experience.
My 2-year old son had a fever since Friday night and got worse on Sunday with a little cough, after some basic Mortrin medication at home. Since we just relocated to the area, we don't have a primary doctor picked yet, so we went to this urgent care. Since my son had a fever, we called beforehand to make sure we followed the procedure correctly. I was told to fill out all the tedious new patient forms online ahead of time and I did. But when we arrived, I was told their electric system was down and I had to fill out all the forms again. Fine. This was not a big deal and was understandable. It happens, but maybe it was not a good sign already.
After a LONG waiting time in car, we finally saw a doctor. Dr. Steward checked my son's throat. It was red. I was concerned if he got ear infection as well since he was always pulling his ears. Dr Steward checked his ears and there was a lot wax that she couldn't see anything. And that's it, she didn't do anything about the ears and the red throat. The only thing she did was a Covid testing and sent us back.
Two days later, we got the results back. It was negative. But the fever persisted and coughs got worse, so we went back to this urgent care and had him checked again. This time, thank God, it was another doctor. She was patient, nice and tested thoroughly. She cleaned up his ear wax and checked both his ears and throat. And it turned out my son got strep throat, which need antibiotics! This medication could have come in place on Sunday, the first time when Dr. Steward checked, instead of Wednesday! Dr. Steward did call me afterward, but instead of apologizing for her negligence, she bacially said it was not that bad when she saw it and it happened. Her tone was not the most pleasant, and was kind of rude.
My son took the antibiotics for five days and I had him checked again, at this place, and it was Dr. Steward again. She ordered X Ray (btw, they don't have X Ray capacity in-house, you have to drive up to Mills peninsula medical center to do it), the way she gave instructions was not friendly. X Ray showed no pneumonia, today is Monday, and I was told by Dr. Steward to wait another day to determine if he need additional antibiotics. She drove all these conversations in a weird tone, and all these symptoms could have been alleviated from the very beginning. My son has been sick for 10 days, and will stay at home sick, for probably another week.
I am very unsatisfied with the experience here. Before the appointment with our primary doctor, I will change to another urgent care, which provides higher sense of responsibility, more pleasant conversation and guidance, and full capacity of equipment! read more