Hi again. I have a very opinionated subject to talk about but here it goes.
My 3 year old daughter is very sick. Coughing non stop, runny nose, fever, and her ear hurts. So I took her to a doctor I usually don't see. He looked her over and said "I'm very worried about your daughter!" His face was red!!!! "How many packs a day does your daughter smoke?" I laughed and said "My daughter does not smoke!" He said "You think this is funny? This is not a joke, how much does she smoke?" I said "I, smoke a pack a day." He said "OK she smoke a 1/2 a pack a day." He said she has smokers cough!!!!!!! I said "I have been smoking for a year only and she has always had this cough!" He said "She is in here every month, same symptoms, when are you going to stop doing this!! I can't be your doctor, you need to find someone else!" He was sooooooooo mad and red!!! I started crying. I kept saying I understand, I know, but it's so hard. He kept writing notes in her file. He just kept saying "I can't be her doctor, she has smoker's cough" I said " Do you really need to say this in front of her? It's not her fault, look at how she looks right now." He said "Oh, she doesn't understand" I said "Yes she does, she thinks she is naughty, she knows something is going on between you and me right now." My 6 year old was just staring at him with her jaw dropped!!!! He told me I'm killing my daughter. I never smoke in the same room/car as them. But he grabbed her head hard and said "smell her, she smells like a heavy smoker!" He was so loud that when we left the room, all the nurses were staring at us. I know as soon as I turned that corner, they talked about us - patient confidentiality - not no more!!!
He made me feel like my daughter is on the brink of death, yet he did no tests, barely looked her over. He said "This girl needs closely watched" I felt like the lowest mom on earth!! I couldn't hold it back anymore!!! Was this right of him? I know I will hear lots of opinions, but I am ready for them all. Please let me know what you guys think, Thanks!!