BIOBaby: The Well Visit

Hey Nina, everything ok? No new posts in over a week. Not bitching or anything, more concerned. Hope everything is ok with you.

Sarah xx

well side? what good does that do? We have a separate waiting room for well kids and sick kids.

I hate Emergency Rooms worse...you go in there with a broken arm and come out with a cold..or worse.

Not to mention it seems theres nothing but poor people in there...don't judge!

There's nothing like having your kid hear the screaming nasty in the next room either. Kids are scared of the doc, fearing the needle in their tushy. Hearing another screaming just amps up the scared factor. Those pediatricians need sound proofing!

I always sat on the well side, too. Well, it took me a year and several illnesses caught in that damn waiting room.

Funny stuff, Nina. And, it is about the sign in sheet!

I've got a friend that works for a medical office where appointments are a joke. The doctor requests that appointments be scheduled every 30min starting at 9am, but he actually goes into the office until 1pm. You can imagine the chaos this causes.

When I went for my biopsy two weeks ago, the doctor was an hour late arriving. He had appointments starting at 9:30, he got there at 10:30. So right off the bat, this was going to be a long wait. Then he had the NERVE to get upset because both of his nurses arrived late. Um, dude, you set the tone for the office, and if you are habitually late (it was my first time there, but OMC's a regular) then you dont' get to bitch. His secretary is a SAINT who had to listen to people bitch and complain all morning about how late everything was. Thankfully, because OMC's a regular, I knew to bring a book. I go back again on Monday and am already mentally preparing myself for it...

The kids pediatrician does have a well side. It's set up like a mini room within in the main waiting room. & It's close to the bathroom (im assuming incase they have to throw-up or something). Most times parents have enough common sense to take their sick child there.

The only toys (and it's not a toy) is this magic mirror (like a funhouse mirror)that hangs on the wall. The kids go over and play (look at it really) there.

My pediatrician is great though. We never wait long and we usually get in and get out in a reasonable time. If you call in and need to be seen that day you usually see the nurse practitioner instead so that the people with scheduled appointments with the Dr are still able to get in and get out in a timely manner. I love it.

I cracked up when you said "Stop letting your snot-nosed kid come up to me in the waiting room!"... why do people do that? I don't let my kids get in strangers' personal space and I hate when other people allow their kids to get all in my and my kids' faces. What the hell?!

Stop letting your snot-nosed kid come up to me in the waiting room! I wouldn’t like your kid when he’s well, I damn sure don’t like him with goo coming out of his nose.......

You sound like my husband! We took our kids to the Magic House one Sunday afternoon. We paid about $40 for all us to go. After 30 minutes and only making it halfway through the 2nd level (there are 3 levels total plus an outdoor play area) he starts trying to pack all the kids up to go. I'm telling him we're staying because the kids were having so much fun, plus we still had others areas to check out. He started fussing bout how the other kids were annoying him and one kid kept coughing and crying. He hates other peoples kids.

I think my mom is the only knucklehead that wants to get to the Dr late. I dont understand this. Shed rather sleep in a few hours and get to the Dr when its packed than wake her ass up early and see the damn Dr when hardly anyone is there. It pisses me off. Im glad now Im older and can go by my damn self... Only thing is I gotta pay the copay when she doesnt come with me... And well... I dont have insurance anymore... So screw the damn Dr anyway

I like all kids.. well most kids as long as they don't grab stuff from my child or hit, but I still try to be the first one in the door. I used to got to this fancy schmancy family practice but it would take 2 hrs with a damn appointment. Now, I go to this first come first serve clinic and I'm in and out in less than an hour. The place we go to opens at 9am, but I like to get there earlier cause I get seen sooner. Lucky for me, my baby likes morning naps so she can lay in her carrier and I'll drape a blankie over her to keep snotty kids away. Neither place I went to had a well side, it was all at your own risk.

Hmmm, our office has a wait in car policy and they shout your name if it's your turn to come in -- after you've already signed in. But, it would have to be set up this way, e.g., parking lot in front of office.

I didn't know they had a 'well' side of a doctor's waiting room!!! I'm gonna bring this up the next time I'm there!!!!!

I hate other people and their children as well...

(I'm trippin cause you said For reals and I thought I was the only person to say that.... I also use For realsies! )

I make exceptions for c ertain people an dtheir kids.. but when fluid is involved, I'm not!

My kids peds don't have anything in the waiting room for that reason. Just a big screen tv with cartoons playing. Usually holds the attention long enough. We rarely wait in the waiting room long, but often wait in an exam room a while.

My grandmother would never let me play with the toys in the waiting room at the doctor's office. Even when I had chicken pox, what's worse than chicken pox?

Nope, she had me bring my own shit. Even my own Highlights!

Do they still have those?