I chose this practice 7 years ago, while I was pregnant with my first child. I met with the provider we preferred, she answered my questions and made me feel like this was a good fit. We have had 3 kids in that time that has passed, I've made sure to see the same provider whenever we can, even when it took extra time for an open appointment, because I wanted my kids to grow to build trust in their provider. We're raising kids with no family and no village, so it was important to me that they at least knew their doctor. I will say looking back there were a lot of red flags. Times I felt incredibly uncomfortable. When my kid was treated like a sideshow by the practice owner when she had a rare and serious reaction to a medical intervention. They brought the whole staff to see her. They excitedly brought in a dusty old medical book to show me the article on her reaction. As if they were awed and amazed, while I sat crying holding my 18mo old, swollen and covered head to toe in lesions, not even clear on whether she was going to live through this. I forgave a lot, because I was a first time mom and I assumed my kids were in a safe space... pediatrician, duh. But I never complained. I wanted to be the family they appreciated because we didn't make a fuss. I even defended this practice from nay sayers and highly recommended it when asked. I kick myself regularly for not being my kids advocate sooner. For not realizing that there are choices in your children's healthcare, and you MUST research your choices. My kids were pushed through. They were simply a check mark on the CDC compliance box. Good little customers who did what they were told. And as soon as we differentiated, as soon as we tried to take control of our own choices and healthcare, we were dropped like a bad habit. It's sad now, to see the time I invested in creating a safe relationship for my kiddos was an absolute waste. It's sad to see the curtain pulled back on the facade of a caring provider. 7 years of this practice, three kids, countless appointments and they fired us in a 3 sentence note on the patient portal. Because their policies supersede their healthcare. Their policy is a one size fits all approach to children. And even when we realized this approach harmed my eldest child, that it's cost us thousands of dollars in therapy and specialists, and we still aren't in a good place... we still weren't given a choice on how to proceed. So if you're looking for a practice that pushes your kids through, they check all the government boxes and you are prepared to be good, little compliant patients, with no questions... than maybe this is the place for you. If you plan to be involved in the choices you make for your children, if you're looking for individualized healthcare and for policy not to trump the health of your children, I suggest you look elsewhere. This is not that place. read more
