When we found out about Christian

[Guest guest]

Just a quick note to everyone who thinks they aren't happy with their

Drs..Piper started out going to a Ped that everyone in my

husbands family had used for their kids. I had started out breastfeeding

Piper and saw a lactation consultant three..yes THREE times a week for her

first month because she was gaining slowly. The first time we went to see

this Dr the first thing he did was look at me and tell me something was wrong

with my body and to stop breastfeeding immediately..he even insinuated he

would call children's svcs if I didn't. Needless to say we switched Drs...the

second Dr we took her to told me

that it was perfectly normal that she was coughing so much & so

congested and that more than likely she would be that way all winter

...when I took her back the next week her Dr was out of

the office and we saw a CNP...she took Pipers sat level and it was 82!!! Part

of her lung had collapsed. Anyway..needless to say we switched again. My

point is by no means stay with a Ped you aren't

comfortable with..I think a lot of us have a habit of trusting Drs because

they are a Dr..but on the same token would you trust any hairstylist just

because they had gone to beauty school? Just some food for thought. As I

know they are for everyone Piper is more important to me than what anyone may

think about how critical I am of her Drs or her care....

Manda & Piper..10 mths w/cf..and on her 3rd Pediatrician

Always remember that beginnings are always scary, endings are usually sad,

but it's the middle that really counts....

[Guest guest]

Just a quick note to everyone who thinks they aren't happy with their

Drs..Piper started out going to a Ped that everyone in my

husbands family had used for their kids. I had started out breastfeeding

Piper and saw a lactation consultant three..yes THREE times a week for her

first month because she was gaining slowly. The first time we went to see

this Dr the first thing he did was look at me and tell me something was wrong

with my body and to stop breastfeeding immediately..he even insinuated he

would call children's svcs if I didn't. Needless to say we switched Drs...the

second Dr we took her to told me

that it was perfectly normal that she was coughing so much & so

congested and that more than likely she would be that way all winter

...when I took her back the next week her Dr was out of

the office and we saw a CNP...she took Pipers sat level and it was 82!!! Part

of her lung had collapsed. Anyway..needless to say we switched again. My

point is by no means stay with a Ped you aren't

comfortable with..I think a lot of us have a habit of trusting Drs because

they are a Dr..but on the same token would you trust any hairstylist just

because they had gone to beauty school? Just some food for thought. As I

know they are for everyone Piper is more important to me than what anyone may

think about how critical I am of her Drs or her care....

Manda & Piper..10 mths w/cf..and on her 3rd Pediatrician

Always remember that beginnings are always scary, endings are usually sad,

but it's the middle that really counts....

[Guest guest]

Yet another comment re: doctors...

Remember, not all doctors get A's in school. Yes, there are doctors out

there who got C's. (Not to say that grades are everything) And there are

doctors out there who cheated on exams... So my message, my hard lesson

(which I'm still learning) is TRUST YOUR INTUITION/GUT FEELING what ever you

want to call it, and keep searching until you feel that your child is in

competent hands!!! Any of the fine doctors that I know always pay close

attention to what the mothers say.

I think we, as cf parents could write a book about our dx experiences, they

all are quite unique and yet have some very constant themes running through

them. Perhaps it could be submitted to some of these medical schools for

helping to educate our future doctors.

greetings,

mom to andra 7wcf and Noah 10w/o cf

on 4/16/02 9:28 PM, pipersmommy0612@... at pipersmommy0612@...

wrote:

> Just a quick note to everyone who thinks they aren't happy with their

> Drs..Piper started out going to a Ped that everyone in my

> husbands family had used for their kids. I had started out breastfeeding

> Piper and saw a lactation consultant three..yes THREE times a week for her

> first month because she was gaining slowly. The first time we went to see

> this Dr the first thing he did was look at me and tell me something was wrong

> with my body and to stop breastfeeding immediately..he even insinuated he

> would call children's svcs if I didn't. Needless to say we switched Drs...the

> second Dr we took her to told me

pneumonia> that it was perfectly normal that she was coughing so much & so

> congested and that more than likely she would be that way all winter

this was before d/x>...when I took her back the next week her Dr was out of

> the office and we saw a CNP...she took Pipers sat level and it was 82!!! Part

> of her lung had collapsed. Anyway..needless to say we switched again. My

> point is by no means stay with a Ped you aren't

> comfortable with..I think a lot of us have a habit of trusting Drs because

> they are a Dr..but on the same token would you trust any hairstylist just

> because they had gone to beauty school? Just some food for thought. As I

> know they are for everyone Piper is more important to me than what anyone may

> think about how critical I am of her Drs or her care....

>

> Manda & Piper..10 mths w/cf..and on her 3rd Pediatrician

> Always remember that beginnings are always scary, endings are usually sad,

> but it's the middle that really counts....

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yet another comment re: doctors...

Remember, not all doctors get A's in school. Yes, there are doctors out

there who got C's. (Not to say that grades are everything) And there are

doctors out there who cheated on exams... So my message, my hard lesson

(which I'm still learning) is TRUST YOUR INTUITION/GUT FEELING what ever you

want to call it, and keep searching until you feel that your child is in

competent hands!!! Any of the fine doctors that I know always pay close

attention to what the mothers say.

I think we, as cf parents could write a book about our dx experiences, they

all are quite unique and yet have some very constant themes running through

them. Perhaps it could be submitted to some of these medical schools for

helping to educate our future doctors.

greetings,

mom to andra 7wcf and Noah 10w/o cf

on 4/16/02 9:28 PM, pipersmommy0612@... at pipersmommy0612@...

wrote:

> Just a quick note to everyone who thinks they aren't happy with their

> Drs..Piper started out going to a Ped that everyone in my

> husbands family had used for their kids. I had started out breastfeeding

> Piper and saw a lactation consultant three..yes THREE times a week for her

> first month because she was gaining slowly. The first time we went to see

> this Dr the first thing he did was look at me and tell me something was wrong

> with my body and to stop breastfeeding immediately..he even insinuated he

> would call children's svcs if I didn't. Needless to say we switched Drs...the

> second Dr we took her to told me

pneumonia> that it was perfectly normal that she was coughing so much & so

> congested and that more than likely she would be that way all winter

this was before d/x>...when I took her back the next week her Dr was out of

> the office and we saw a CNP...she took Pipers sat level and it was 82!!! Part

> of her lung had collapsed. Anyway..needless to say we switched again. My

> point is by no means stay with a Ped you aren't

> comfortable with..I think a lot of us have a habit of trusting Drs because

> they are a Dr..but on the same token would you trust any hairstylist just

> because they had gone to beauty school? Just some food for thought. As I

> know they are for everyone Piper is more important to me than what anyone may

> think about how critical I am of her Drs or her care....

>

> Manda & Piper..10 mths w/cf..and on her 3rd Pediatrician

> Always remember that beginnings are always scary, endings are usually sad,

> but it's the middle that really counts....

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yet another comment re: doctors...

Remember, not all doctors get A's in school. Yes, there are doctors out

there who got C's. (Not to say that grades are everything) And there are

doctors out there who cheated on exams... So my message, my hard lesson

(which I'm still learning) is TRUST YOUR INTUITION/GUT FEELING what ever you

want to call it, and keep searching until you feel that your child is in

competent hands!!! Any of the fine doctors that I know always pay close

attention to what the mothers say.

I think we, as cf parents could write a book about our dx experiences, they

all are quite unique and yet have some very constant themes running through

them. Perhaps it could be submitted to some of these medical schools for

helping to educate our future doctors.

greetings,

mom to andra 7wcf and Noah 10w/o cf

on 4/16/02 9:28 PM, pipersmommy0612@... at pipersmommy0612@...

wrote:

> Just a quick note to everyone who thinks they aren't happy with their

> Drs..Piper started out going to a Ped that everyone in my

> husbands family had used for their kids. I had started out breastfeeding

> Piper and saw a lactation consultant three..yes THREE times a week for her

> first month because she was gaining slowly. The first time we went to see

> this Dr the first thing he did was look at me and tell me something was wrong

> with my body and to stop breastfeeding immediately..he even insinuated he

> would call children's svcs if I didn't. Needless to say we switched Drs...the

> second Dr we took her to told me

pneumonia> that it was perfectly normal that she was coughing so much & so

> congested and that more than likely she would be that way all winter

this was before d/x>...when I took her back the next week her Dr was out of

> the office and we saw a CNP...she took Pipers sat level and it was 82!!! Part

> of her lung had collapsed. Anyway..needless to say we switched again. My

> point is by no means stay with a Ped you aren't

> comfortable with..I think a lot of us have a habit of trusting Drs because

> they are a Dr..but on the same token would you trust any hairstylist just

> because they had gone to beauty school? Just some food for thought. As I

> know they are for everyone Piper is more important to me than what anyone may

> think about how critical I am of her Drs or her care....

>

> Manda & Piper..10 mths w/cf..and on her 3rd Pediatrician

> Always remember that beginnings are always scary, endings are usually sad,

> but it's the middle that really counts....

>

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