If I could give zero stars, I absolutely would…read more
We moved to the area after buying a home and had to leave our amazing network of care. We were really hoping, after reading these reviews, that we were in good hands. We were absolutely wrong.
My ex-husband lives locally, and we initially had an issue where they almost linked his household with ours, and legally, I have sole custody and another child that has no ties to him or his house in any legal or personal manner. This created a massive concern initially.
Let's move to our initial visit.
The visit itself was questionable. I have two daughters and I am not the average woman that you would see in this small town. I have tattoos, and I am not as clean-cut as the rest. I have a stable job, a home, and a loving family. It was immediately apparent that I was being heavily judged. From the front desk, to the physician herself. She questioned every time frame possible, even ones when I was a single mother working two jobs and couldn't afford consistent care.
I have been judged plenty in my life by people just like her, many times, and I know exactly what that looks like. I can handle it just fine.
It was when it was pushed towards my oldest daughter that it became a major concern when it was revealed that she was not heterosexual.
I had a goal of getting my youngest her labs done, as she had some struggles with insulin resistance in the past and had begun getting lightheaded and dizzy after eating, and I was becoming concerned that something was progressing negatively in that realm. I then requested labs for both girls, and she said that they couldn't be done at the visit and they'd need to be scheduled. She continued questioning. I explained her prenatal development, where she had 4 holes in her heart, extra blood vessels, etc, and had been cleared by a cardiologist 4 years prior, and that her murmur was undetected. She heard the murmur again, and it was not hard to detect this time.
Lab appointment.
The nurses were seemingly inexperienced with administering lab work and my oldest daughter has medical trauma from having fingers severed and surgically placed back on when she was younger. She can get emotional and cry, and needs me to hold her hand and comfort her. They were very insensitive about this because she is 17. They did not do much to create a comforting experience. The clinician did not have updated notes. It seems the physician was not listening to why I was requesting the labs in the first place because I had to request them with the clinician again, specifically, which then stated that it wasn't even mentioned to her or notated. I have two teenage daughters. One had insulin resistance and a preexisting heart condition, with seemingly worsening symptoms when eating. I requested labs to check A1C, etc. That was the entire reason for labs. My other daughter, I wanted general lab work and an annual STD.
When these results came back, and her A1C was in a healthy range, the clinician brought up the cardiologist over the phone and stated that she needs to see her cardiologist again, even if she had been cleared a few years ago. The office called me multiple times throughout the day, asking the same questions the last person who called asked regarding the need for a doctor referral, as if they were not communicating or notating my account. Then they called a last time, stating that they needed me to come in for another appointment because there were no notes regarding her pre-existing heart condition or cardiologist, and that it needed to be a discussion. Mind you, in that initial appointment, I submitted the most recent echo records. The physician was not going to request labs initially and it was per my request that these were even performed. I self-paid for her initial appointment not even 2 weeks prior, then insurance with our lab appointment which I specifically requested for the check to ensure my daughter was ok, and I mentioned all of these things prior, but they were centered on wanting this appointment, and I am sure the money that comes with that. When I asked why more thorough notes of my requests and what was discussed were not documented, the woman on the phone did not have an answer and just said that they just needed to have her in another appointment. I will already have to pay for a specialist appointment as well, and should not have to pay for something that could, and should, have been in the notes of that first appointment to avoid this as an issue. They have absolute and total bias for the families or people they want to, and no compassion for the others. I requested all records and will be reviewing all avenues with my experience. My daughters deserve the best, most compassionate, and attentive care WITHOUT judgment.
