I also want to send our heartfelt thanks to Regretsy, April and all the CF4L members who have been so awesome to us through this difficult time. YOU ROCK!
The rest of settling in though is not going well. Trying to find a pediatrician for my son seems to be out of the question. We randomly picked Dr. Cowden, who is affiliated with Children's Mercy Hospital. When calling them to make a well child exam yesterday, the conversation went like this:
Receptionist: I'm sorry, you can't make an appointment with Dr. Cowden. He's booked and doesn't have time for new patients til January and that schedule isn't out yet.
Me: ok, so what if he gets sick?
Receptionist: well, we do have an urgent care and an ER.
I was livid.
So I asked at the bus stop for recommendations, and got what I thought was a good one - Dr. Cattaneo with Priority Care Pediatrics. I called them today. Here's how that conversation went:
Receptionist: We aren't taking new patients unless they are newborn or a sibling of a current patient.
Me: (in tears) ok, so can you recommend another doctor? I really need to have a doctor for my son.
Receptionist: No, and I'm hanging up on you now because you're upset.
I am beyond livid now, and want nothing more to do with this seemingly ass backwards city. I can't even get flumist for my son here as no one has it. If anyone in the Kansas City area reads this and can recommend a pediatrician (we're up by Zona Rosa) or knows who has flumist, I'd really love that information!
On the bright side, I'm currently planning a trip to California. Actually, planning 2 trips, one by myself and one with the family. My son really misses his friends and can't wait til summer to visit them. Until then he gets to experience a whole different life than we had in California. He met Father Christmas over the weekend...
Happy Thanksgiving!
