My goal for this week was to find a pediatrician for our little boy. After talking with several coworkers and Dr Russell, I selected two offices that I wanted to check out. I had called ahead and made "meet and greet" appointments.
On Wednesday, I had my mom meet me at one of them. We went in there and there were two sections, one for well kids and one for sick kids. They weren't very well defined. A kid went and grabbed a play table from the "sick" area and drug it over to the "well" area. Not what I want for my kid! The sick kids have to walk through the well area to get to the sick area. Definitely not good. It wasn't a very kid friendly atmosphere. When we met with the doctor, he didn't seem very kid friendly or excited about kids and babies.
On Thursday morning, mom and I were back to Dr Russell's office. All the normal stuff of checking the heartbeat and seeing if I was dialated any more. 160bpm and still dialated 2cm. Nothing changed except it's a week later now.
On Thursday evening, we met at another doctor's office. This office actually had two entrance doors. A "sick" door and a "well" door. Brilliant and there was more to come! When we entered, the "sick" area was on the other side of a wall from the "well" area. The wall had a huge water tank in it with four turtles. Kids on both sides can see the turtles! Separate toys and books! All the receptionists and nurses had fun, kid-themed scrubs on. That made an impression on me. When we went back to the exam rooms, the sick kids visit entirely different rooms from the well kids! All of the rooms had fun wallpaper and paint and mirrors and stuffed animals. It was such a fun experience. Finally meeting with the doctor, I knew my son would be a patient here. Dr Katz is so kid friendly. He was excited about meeting us and answered all of our questions. It was so different from the day before. I called the next day and made arrangements for our baby to be his patient!
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