My son had a fever at home and when I scanned him, I got 103. I had given him some Tylenol to help reduce his fever but while I was holding him, he dropped his head back- this was not normal behavior for him. It seemed as though he passed out but it didn't last very long so, I wasn't positive but I did panic. I am a first time, single mom and I was worried about not taking that seriously. I came about 5:45pm. We waited for quite a while before being called up to the main desk for the initial check in. The woman that was checking us in (not sure of her name but had gauges and dreads) made me feel like she didn't believe me when I was explaining what happened. I mentioned him dropping his head and she said, "he just dropped his head?" "Did he lose consciousness?" - while answering her questions I was flustered. She then stated "well, he doesn't look like he had a seizure?" Making me question if coming in was even the right thing to do. She also scanned his head and didn't tell me the temp that she got. I felt like an idiot and just wanted to leave after that. I ended up staying and waiting for another hour or so. Got called back, and was out in a chair in the hallway. While waiting, I asked for a blanket for my son and during our time waiting he was in and out of sleep, had chills, all the things. At one point, he vomited on the blanket we were given while the nurse who checked us in just stood there and didn't even bother to look in my direction. I got up and walked to the sink near the nourishment section and had to hold my child over the sink to throw up in. The nurse (the one who checked us in) was standing right next to me filling up her water bottle and didn't even ask if he was okay or if I needed help. There were nurses behind me at their desk that didn't bother either. It all made me feel horrible and like I should have just left. When the doctor finally came to check on us, he mentioned that my son didn't have a fever when we first got there (making me feel like that's why the first nurse maybe didn't believe me?) but then both myself and the doctor scanned his temp again and it was in the 100's. There were a few nurses that were kind and nice overall as well as the dr but spending 3/4 hours in a chair with a toddler, no where to change my child other than on a bed in an open room, changing my son out of his clothes in my lap because they had vomit on them, feeling so uncomfortable, and like I didn't have any help out weighed the positives of this experience. I mentioned earlier that I'm a first time mom and that comes with lots of anxiety. I'm all for nurses being busy and understanding their sense of urgency for their other priorities but I'm not okay with being questioned in a way that makes me feel like I'm stupid for bringing my son in. It may not have seemed like an emergency or concern to the nurse who checked us in or surrounding nurses but it was an emergency for me so just a better attitude or towards us would have made the difference I guess. I know there are people or nurses or staff that might read this and say "who cares, get over it, then don't come back" and that's fine but I needed to just put this all out there. read more