VERY UPSET TODAY!!! Earlier today I took my daughter to Dr. Patel because she'd been having a fever for 3 days. The last fever was 103.
I told him I've been giving her Ibruprophen every six hours since then and want to know what to do. He tells me I need to wait 5 DAYS before an x ray can be done but to continue Ibruprophen. He listened to her breathing with the stethoscope and gave us some herbal tea packets!!
I got home and the first thing my husband asked "did he test her for strep or the flu? I said "no he didn't" and HE WAS NOT satisfied with the Dr's service, so we DROVE TO CITYMD and GUESS WHAT?? THEY DID THE RIGHT THING AND ACTUALLY TESTED MY DAUGHTER FOR THE FLU..and SHE WAS POSITIVE FOR INFLUENZA B so they immediately prescribed Tumiflu and we picked up the prescription and started her on it immediately. Such a shame he didn't care enough to take 10 minutes to give her a simple test with a swab in her nose. Shameful!! read more