With no emotional reaction I respond: "Okay... So what were my numbers this time?" "Your numbers were 1376." he responds. So in my head I'm doing the math: they're supposed to double every 2-3 days, my last reading was 648, which doubles to 1296, which is less than 1376. So I repeat my numbers back to him and he says: "Oh wait... what were you numbers last time?" He looks at my folder, I start getting hot with anger. "Oh yes, your numbers were 648..." I'm guessing now he's calculating. "...Oh yes, your numbers have doubled, they are in fact rising appropriately... You come in tomorrow right?" Angrily I respond: "Saturday." "Ok Ms. Morris see you Saturday." as I ended the call, I was disgusted! I'd never experienced anything like that. At that moment, all the emotions I should've felt when he was delivering the horrifying news, I felt right then. What kind of doctor doesn't check patient's file before calling them to devastated their whole world?
I could not wrap my head around it, but that's when I decided he'd no longer be my obgyn.
I could not wrap my head around it, but that's when I decided he'd no longer be my obgyn.
I called my best friend and then sister immediately to tell them I'm changing doctors. This quack will not touch my baby. They were more angry than I was. That has to be the most unprofessional moment I've experienced, especially with a doctor. I am so glad I spoke up, had the right frame of mind to calculate and advocate for myself, otherwise who knows what would have happened. I can just imagine all the terminated pregnancies that have occurred due to mistakes like the one this quack made. He could've costed me my child.
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