When I woke up today, I was in some real pain. I thought the urinary tract infection I had last week had come back, or that I was having another kidney stone, but whatever it is, the pain was intense. I got up and took an alleve, which did nothing to alleviate the pain. I had a percocet leftover from when I had my last kidney stone, so I took that and laid down for a bit. That seemed to help some, but on a scale of 1-10, the pain was still at a “5”, so I called the doctor and made an appointment to go in.
We arrived at the doctor’s office for the appointment about 2:00 p.m, 15 minutes early for the appointment. The waiting room was about half full, mostly adults. But there was one mother there with a toddler. Now, I am not a miserly, mean old hag, but I was at the doctor’s office because I didn’t feel good. This child was allowed to run all over the waiting room, squealing and yelling as if they were outside in a playground. Every time it squealed, I had a surge of pain.
One time I looked at the child and said “Shhhhh!”. You’d think that mother would have taken the hint. That was my mistake. After I paid the least bit of attention to it, the baby came over and stood in front of me, wanting to play with me. That was when I told the mother that I didn’t feel good. She just picked the child up, walked back over to her seat, and put the child back down on the floor, for it to continue running and squealing. I looked at the mother, and she looked back at me, with that familiar look on her face that said, “Isn’t my child just soooo cute?” And I wanted to say, “NO. I don’t think your child is cute.”
The doctor said there was no sign of a urinary tract infection or kidney stone. No bacteria, no blood or protein in the urine. So, they gave me a shot of toradal in my hip, and scheduled an ultrasound for tomorrow, with instructions to go to the ER if the pain gets worse overnight. I am having SO much fun.
Alicia Eidson says
🙁 Sorry Karen! I hope this is resolved quickly!
diane says
Bad news hope it is nothing serious. Hang in there. On our news yesterday we heard a story about a flight attendant who picked up a toddler running amok in a plane and put him in an overhead locker and shut the door. He did it as a joke and didn’t leave the kid there long. Needless to say there was an outcry and the attendant lost his job. I bet you could sympathise with him.
Sally in WA says
I hope you get some relief, Karen.
And you kids get off my lawn!!! Man, there are some days I wish parents would control their little brats. Is it because we are getting older we are less tolerant? That mother was totally out of touch with the situation. A doctor’s office just isn’t the place for a little one to be rocketing off the walls, especially when most people are not feeling well. Just like you said.
cindy says
I think it kind of keeps us on our toes, us old nags that is. lol
I for one always felt kids should be allowed to be kids but that only goes so far. I always told mine they could act any way they wanted at home but when we are out they had better behave and they did, sons says they were afraid of me. ha, I’m the kind that tries to get their attention by braking a wooden spoon on the corner of the table and laughing about it while everyone stops and takes notice.
The doctor’s office is as you say a place to go to and be sick, this little one should have been given a crayon to eat or been tied to a chair somewhere. Maybe there just wasn’t enough grandma’s there to help out.