Thursday, March 26, 2009
A Crazy day and some test results...
So I know that alot of you are waiting to hear what the results of my parvo test were. Before I tell you that I have to tell you what happened in between having the blood drawn and actually getting the results. You can tell me in your opinion if you think I have been a pain in the butt over this or not... On Friday I had called the doctors office and they said the results were not in yet, but that they would leave my folder on the nurse's desk and she "might have time" to look me up on her computer and see if they had run my blood, and not faxed over the results yet. Well, they didn't call on Friday, which I kind of expected. On Monday afternoon I got a call from a nurse, and she said she looked me up and they hadn't processed my bloodwork yet. She reminded me that it can take up to a week to get these results back. O.k, so I'm thinking I should get my results the next day, that is one week past my appointment. No phone call on Tuesday. I decided that if they didn't call me on Tuesday I would call on Wednesday and ask again. On Wednesday I called and the nurse had to call me back. She said she looked me up on the computer and they hadn't processed my bloodwork yet. I told her that I was told it takes a week, and did she have any idea what the holdup could be??? The nurse then tells me that it can actually take up to two weeks to get these results back. I said "hold on a minute", "I've been told three different things three different times, and I'm really getting upset." "My child could be infected with this disease and nobody seems to care." By this time I'm blubbering like a baby. The nurse tells me to calm down and she'll call the lab. She calls me back and says no, they haven't run the blood, and she can't help me anymore than that. She says "I can't give you answers I don't have." I proceeded to tell her that I feel like I'm getting the run around when I have something very precious at stake. Needless to say the nurse wasn't very happy with me. I've tried to keep my calm through this, because I need to have a good relationship with these nurses for the next 5 months, but I think pitching a fit and crying like a baby was the only way to get anyone to pay attention and at least make a little effort. So today I got a phone call. Five daycare teachers, two parents of daycare kids and over 30 children were all squeezed into a small interior room as we were on lockdown because of a tornado on the base, headed toward the daycare. It was loud, the kids were bored, they had no idea why we were in this room, and why they couldn't get up and play. The base tornado sirens were going off, though thankfully we couldn't hear them or the kids would have been scared. The nurse ( the same one I talked to yesterday) called to say my bloodwork showed an immunity to the parvo virus, that I'd been infected when I was younger. (Thank the Lord!!! and little Nick Junger) I could tell the nurse wasn't very happy with me, but you know what? OH WELL. This has been so frustrating, if they had told me it took two weeks to get results, I would have waited. (not happily, but you do what you've gotta do) But I've been told "Oh, they'll be here on Friday" then, "it takes a week" then "it can take up to two weeks" all I ask is that people tell me the truth. Don't sugar coat things. I really felt like I was just getting blown off. (this totally made me miss my RE in Pensacola, I kept telling Jeremy "this never would have happened if I was still seeing Dr. Ripps) Anyways, long story short, I don't have the virus (!!!) and the tornado never hit the daycare so everything turned out all right. Now I can breathe a little easier and once again enjoy my pregnancy as I did before this last week and a half. Thanks for all the prayers. I really appreciate every one of them.
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3 comments:
Shauna after what all you went through to get your little miracle by no means were you wrong! I would ahve been the saem way even with my two! That nurse will get over it! And you have every right in the world to be concerned! Glad it all in the end was good!
Doctors are crazy these days. Mom goes thru the same thing every appointment she has. They tell you they have the results on a certian day, and then get mad at you for expecting the results when you were told they would be ready!!! *sigh* What can you do? I'm glad everything turned out well! Love ya girl!
Girl, you were not being a baby. You handled that perfectly!!!! I am so thankful that you don't have the virus. I have been praying for you and I can now mark another praise in my prayer journal. Thank you for praying for me too!! I truely appreciate it!! Love you!!!
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