ER Visits, Hulk Hoganette & Ipod

Well over the past 7-days, I have had the great fortune of speading hours in the ER. Last Monday I had to take Lette in - she has urinary reflux - she was complaining that her pee pee hurt & she was running a fever. We have to get her checked to make sure she does not have a UTI (Urinary Tract Infection). Mike had a congressional hearing @ the Hill, so I took both of the kids with me. Let's just say it was not a pleasant experience. Two screaming children + 1 crazy nurse = one burnt out mother. Lette's trip was particularly irritating because she had to be cathiterized twice. Let's just say the nurse did not know what the heck she was doing & the resident MD was green as grass. Total time spent in the ER last Monday 4 hours. Fast forward to yesterday, both kiddos have had a cough, runny nose & fevers four about 1-2 days. Lette seemed to be getting over hers pretty quickly, but David started to get worse last night. Lots of coughing, fever of 102, runny nose & he had not slept all day. Typically all he does is smile & talk, so back to the ER went - this time Mike was with Lette -.

SUMMARY OF EVENTS: We arrive @ Childrens Hospital at 10 PM. We get triaged to the back by 10:30 PM & are told, "You came on a good night. We happen to be very slow." Next our RN comes takes Davids history & complaint and thens says, "The doctor will be here shortly...we do not have many patients tonight." At this point I am thinking, FANTASTIC I am not going to be here another 4 hours. By 1:30 AM...yes 1:30 AM I had not seen a resident or an attending MD. I made several inquiries to their status & was told each time they would be with me shortly. 1:20 AM I am so PO'd I put David's coat on packed up the diaper bag & started to walk out the door. All the sudden, the resident comes strolling in. When she asked where I was going, I told her I was tired of waiting and was going home. She said,"if you'll please sit down we will get you out of here quickly." I seriously wanted to go balistic! I asked her if she was the attending or the resident, and she said she was the resident. I asked if I could please just see the attending and of course denied. By this time it is 2:15 AM. She finished the exam & says, "Please wait here I'm going to go get my attending." I then respond, "How long is that going to take?" She says, "5 or 10 mintues while I complete your discharge paperwork." So I wait another 20 minutes & no attending to be found. Again I asked the nurse if she knew where the attending was, and of course she didn't. I was so tired, frustrated & so sick of the ER I just left. The most frustrating part of this whole experience was walking out I saw the attending & the resident sitting down to get a bite to eat.
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME! The only slow thing about the night were the doctors.


The next event of the week....
Growing up with boy cousins I saw plenty of WWE type wrestling. Infact my cousins "from the city" - as we used to call them - were pros. This week Lette has decided she is as strong as Hulk Hogan & has attempted put the strangle hold on her brother. I mean come on...can't I just deal with sick kiddos instead of the WWE. Oh how I need to go on a vacation. A picture of this event was not possible due to life saving measures.

The one good thing of the week....
Mike did bless me with an IPOD for V-day. Thanks hubby!! It has helped me get through a very difficult week.