Monday, 30. March 2009
Needed: Sensitivity Training01:51:33 PMCategory : Can I Have a Break Now, Please?
Location : Chicago
Medical Center Employee: Hi, Mrs. X, I'm calling to confirm Amelia's appt. for tomorrow.
Me: OK.
MCE: Has she had a fever in the last week?
Me: No.
MCE: Good. We're located at XXX building, XX floor.
Me: OK
MCE: Please arrive fifteen minutes early
Me: OK
MCE: And no lotions or powders for 24 hours before the test.
Me: Ok
MCE: Oh, and does she have any dry skin?
Me: Yes
MCE: Is it on her arms?
Me: Um, I don't know, let me check (while trying to yank on daughter's sleeve)..uh, not really
MCE: Ok, good. See you tomorrow
Me: OK
We hang up. Being the anxious new parent that I am, I decide to double check her arms, as she is currently wearing long sleeves and I could not really get a good look while on the phone. I notice more dry skin than I originally thought.
Me: Hello MCE, I just spoke to you a minute ago about my daughter's appt. tomorrow. Well, I noticed some more dry skin on her arms. Is that going to be a problem?
MCE: Well, how bad is it?
Me: (dumbfounded as I was originally told by the pediatrician that some dry skin on newborns is normal). Um, not that bad. Is this going to be a problem? Will it cause some kind of false positive or something (with a not so subtle hint of hysteria creeping into my voice)?
MCE: (laughing amusedly) Um, probably not, but it wreaks havoc on the sensors they try to use
Me (starting to panic): Um, so what do I do?
MCE: Put some lotion on it today. THat should be fine.
Me: Uh, ok
MCE: Bye
I hang up again, now terrified that I will somehow screw up this test because of her dry skin and "wreak havoc" on the sensors (yes, those were her exact words). I put lotion on her, then remember the no lotion in the 24 hours before the test rule I was told in the first phone call. It is now 22 hours before said test (at the time of lotion application). I am now terrified that I will scew up the test because I put lotion on her. Sometimes, I really hate the medical community. The plan: Go to test at appointed time, lotion in tow, discuss this with person doing testing. Hope that at worst we have to wait another two hours at testing facility until we reach 24 hours post lotion application.
Current Mood: Terrified and angry
Me: OK.
MCE: Has she had a fever in the last week?
Me: No.
MCE: Good. We're located at XXX building, XX floor.
Me: OK
MCE: Please arrive fifteen minutes early
Me: OK
MCE: And no lotions or powders for 24 hours before the test.
Me: Ok
MCE: Oh, and does she have any dry skin?
Me: Yes
MCE: Is it on her arms?
Me: Um, I don't know, let me check (while trying to yank on daughter's sleeve)..uh, not really
MCE: Ok, good. See you tomorrow
Me: OK
We hang up. Being the anxious new parent that I am, I decide to double check her arms, as she is currently wearing long sleeves and I could not really get a good look while on the phone. I notice more dry skin than I originally thought.
Me: Hello MCE, I just spoke to you a minute ago about my daughter's appt. tomorrow. Well, I noticed some more dry skin on her arms. Is that going to be a problem?
MCE: Well, how bad is it?
Me: (dumbfounded as I was originally told by the pediatrician that some dry skin on newborns is normal). Um, not that bad. Is this going to be a problem? Will it cause some kind of false positive or something (with a not so subtle hint of hysteria creeping into my voice)?
MCE: (laughing amusedly) Um, probably not, but it wreaks havoc on the sensors they try to use
Me (starting to panic): Um, so what do I do?
MCE: Put some lotion on it today. THat should be fine.
Me: Uh, ok
MCE: Bye
I hang up again, now terrified that I will somehow screw up this test because of her dry skin and "wreak havoc" on the sensors (yes, those were her exact words). I put lotion on her, then remember the no lotion in the 24 hours before the test rule I was told in the first phone call. It is now 22 hours before said test (at the time of lotion application). I am now terrified that I will scew up the test because I put lotion on her. Sometimes, I really hate the medical community. The plan: Go to test at appointed time, lotion in tow, discuss this with person doing testing. Hope that at worst we have to wait another two hours at testing facility until we reach 24 hours post lotion application.
Current Mood: Terrified and angry
Comments :
1. charlie Zimmerman03/31/2009 05:50:58 PM
cort has kept us posted and we know the good news. cystic fibrosis is one of the diseases i use in my human genetics class. for our final exam the students have to write and perform a play dealing with a cystic fibrosis scenerio.
