It's taken over a year to write this review. I needed time to heal and recover from our experience with this practice. After the birth of our son, we needed to find a doctor, to give us a referral, to preform a routine procedure. We had visited Mt. Spokane pediatrics, a year earlier for sports physicals, and we found the staff friendly enough. We proceeded to make an appointment.
The visit did not go well. We respectfully declined a second PKU testing, being that our son had one in the hospital. I could tell Danica the nurse practitioner did not like that. We continued to be respectful and kind, but explained to her that we are comfortable with our formula choice. I kept my mouth shut, because I could tell she wasn't happy, and we just needed a referral. After leaving, about two days later, we received a call from Mt. Spokane. They asked if we would like to use their lactation consultent. We said, "no thank you". I had no desire to see one. I had already seen one in the hospital and was comfortable with pumping and offering formula when needed. Our son had already doubled his weight. I had a bad feeling concerning Danica, the nurse practitioner. Soon, we would all see my gut was right. My kind husband, heard me when I said, something was not right, and went to the office to speak with the Danica. He just wanted to assure her that we are taking good care of our baby and have always been dedicated parents. I would pump for an extended period of time and offer him formula. He left feeling good about the conversation. He was firm in our choices, and she seem to be understanding and receptive. Danica admitted that she jumped the gun, and that she didn't have the right to determine our feeding choices. Sometime later we received another call. The message left was asking us if we'd like to bring our son in to be weighed. Our baby was doing great, he had doubled his weight. Why would they want another weight check. Life was busy. I was back and forth to the doctor for my own health. I wanted to believe all was good, and I thought I had found the answer. I looked on my son appointment sheet, and he was listed as 6 months old. That made so much sense. So, we took the sheet in to show them. The lady we handed it to quickly tossed it in the garbage and gave us another sheet with the correct age. No apology. No nothing. We left and that was the end, we thought. However, at 3 weeks postpartum CPS showed up on our front porch, with a request for a weight check. My husband and I met with the social worker. Thank God we had someone that was willing to sit with us and listen. She agreed that, at best the doctor/nurse practitioner from Mt. Spokane was incompetent or at worst lying. We had all the messages, and paperwork to contradict Danica's report. CPS dropped the case quickly. My husband tried to contact the owner/doctor of Mt. Spokane. We have a friend that knows him and said he was a good guy, and would want to know about what happened to us. It is important to us, that rush judgements be avoided. We would hate for another family to go through something like this. There are enough children that truly need help from CPS in the Spokane area. This was a waste resources.
We attempted to contacted the owner/doctor, he ignore our calls and the certified letters we sent. An apology would have been nice, but it never came. I would not recommend this place to anyone. read more
