Re: Another question...

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Stacee,

That nurse was way rude! I would be crying too. You have every right to ask

10,000 questions without being reemed about it. I would tell Dr. Ponseti what

happened to you. Since you don't know her name, you won't actually be telling

on her. He may want to know if nurses act that way. I bet he doesn't approve.

I'm sure everything will work out because you are in good hands now. I have

never seen the brace or shoes Dr. P gave you. I don't think he would use them

if he didn't believe in them. You still have every right to ask questions,

though.

littleman1013 wrote:

I called one of the nurses in Dr P's office to get some clarification on a few

questions and

she attacked me like I have never been attacked before. I'm really peeved with

this! I

actually broke down in tears when I hung up, and am on the verge of it again now

just

thinking about it.

Having never had kids with clubfoot before, this is the first time I'm dealing

with things

like serial casting, dennis brown bars, markells, FABs, etc., and as you might

imagine I

have more questions than I can count. After leaving Dr P's office yesterday, I

had

questions about why he only " prescribed " 20/7 for our 3 mo old son fresh out of

a post-

tenotomy cast. I also wondered why he gave us a premade brace he said he had in

his

office rather than sending us to the orthotics dept at the hospital yesterday.

So I called to

ask. is gone till after the new year, so I spoke with another nurse

(didn't get her

name) who proceeded to ask me about 5 times why I was questioning Dr P's

knowledge,

experience, and why I didn't believe he was doing what was best for my child!!

I explained

as many times that I was NOT in any way intending to sound like I didn't trust

his

judgement or knowledge, just that I'm curious why this path rather than what

I've read to

be the norm per the Ponseti method. She jumped down my throat and told me

(almost

yelled at me) that my child is my child, not the norm, that the global booklet

was not

written for my child, and that the information I've gathered, while great, has

been taken

out of context and may not be applicable to my situation. Understood. But, I

never even

gave her my name or my child's name, so how can she make any assumptions? Isn't

what

she did exactly what she was yelling at me for doing? Making generalizations?

I'm just so

frustrated. I realize that they're very busy, but %$*^$% & this is my child

and his foot

that he'll have for the rest of his life. Isn't it ok for me to ask questions

about why this or

why that, without it being interpreted as a lack of trust? I always thought

that making

yourself informed was the best thing to do, and actually encouraged by most

docs, not

frowned upon. I'm afraid to ask ANYTHING of the nurse now! God forbid I have

any

trouble in the next 3 months before our next appt! I'm going to be afraid to

ask, for fear

I'll be blacklisted for a presumed lack of trust of the doctor's experience!

Sorry to rant, but I was literally crying when I hung up because I felt so

attacked. All I was

trying to do was get a little more information about what we were(are) embarking

on!

Stacee and 9/24/05 rcf, brace 20/7 as of yesterday