As you know I've had anticipation anxiety over this appointment. I mean it's the beginning of the year, after a holiday, you know they are busy with sick kids! So here's what happened today.... first of all I didn't sleep well last night. My husband woke me up when he went to the bathroom, the youngest (with the cold) kept talking and kept me up too. This is the 2nd day in a row that I've had poor sleep so I'm exhausted and crabby.
I start off running on time. I decided NOT to cancel the appointment. I am the first appointment of the day and the youngest does have a cold, we might as well just go. So we are on time, get in the car and the car won't start! What!? My car isn't old, this should not be happening. I think the DVD player drained the battery maybe a combination of that and the GPS we had plugged in - who knows! Luckily we have a battery charger in the garage BUT when I went to charge it I opened the hood and had no idea where the red and black wires went. I ran next door to get (and probably woke up) our neighbor. He helped me and we got it started but now I was LATE!
So now I'm thinking... is this a sign? Should I not go? There is no way I will be the first appointment now. I call the pediatricians office and beg, yes begged them to keep me as the first appointment. I know this is a ridiculous request but I was in a tizzy and panic was setting in about the germs. At first they said no but i was persistent and they ended up calling us first. I felt bad after I calmed down but running late and already uptight about entering the germy office had me out of sorts and crazy for a moment.
We waited longer than usual for the doctor and being the first appointment I wonder if we really were??? Too late now, we got all checked and I will keep my fingers crossed the little one didn't pick anything up from a nurse or the doctor. My oldest was great and didn't touch a thing! She even kept her hands in her pockets - love her!
After the doctor left a lady came in - uh oh! I was about to get a talking to. I immediately started to apologize and told her I was panicking and yes, I understand the "rules" and I wouldn't do it again etc etc. I really did feel silly after it was all done but in the moment I just wanted what I wanted. So she was nice and explained to me what they could/couldn't do if this ever happened again. I smiled and quickly left.
I like our doctor but now I'm embarrassed I'm sure by the next appointment all will be forgotten especially if I don't complain about anything. I usually complain about something - it is usually them giving us to the other doctor or appointment making problems. I searched a new doctor yesterday - one that had great reviews and was closer to home. My only concern was there were 3 doctors and 2 nurse practitioners so does that mean they are SUPER busy all the time? They said they do have same day appointments if you call early enough (that is good because our current doctor rarely gets us in same day). I will have to write my questions down and ask them some time next week. This week is busy I'm sure. It's worth checking out. I do love our current doctor BUT the office drives me nuts. My husband said to do what I want....
P.S. I would like to add that unlike most people in the waiting room I took my kids to the "sick" area because they did have colds - I hate when the sick kids are in the "well" area!
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