Going to see doctors ...

Well, Monday we went to our pediatrician for a rash that had developed down Hayden's side. I thought at first it was a yeast rash by the way it had popped up, but as the days went on I wasn't as sure. It moved to his belly, so I needed to have it checked it. From the moment we walked in the door of the office at 2:50pm he was unhappy and uncooperative.

We sat in the back in a an exam room for exactly 45 minutes without anyone seeing us all the while he grew more and more upset. He started getting hot, hyper, anxious, tired, and uncontrollable. When Hayden gets this upset he starts to harm himself (head-banging, biting, and pinching). I attempted to control him with a "time-out" and a book on the chair next to me - not having it. Then, he flipped out! On a scale of 1-10, he was at a 20! I'm sure every parent in the place thought he was being murdered.

Finally, the doctor came in. She looked at me holding him in my lap and asked me what was going on. I told her I was keeping him from hitting himself or me. I then explained to her (through the screaming) that he had a rash and attempted to show it to her. As soon as we lifted his shirt and she asked me to let go of his arm he went to slapping and punching! I grabbed his arm again. She told me the rash was a virus, not yeast and she offered us a cream that I turned down because she said it doesn't do much for the rash. I'll use Epsom Salt - thanks!

Well, she walked out of the room to get me "information" about the rash that said he could attend school still with it and when she walked back in the door to give me the info she witnessed him punched me in the face. He busted my lip. She scooped him out of my arms, put him on the exam table, yelled for a nurse, and told me to "get out-leave". I was in shock and did just that. I don't know why, but I did. I went into the next room.

She came in a few seconds later - I was bawling my eyes out and bleeding - and she asked me if I was okay. I just laughed at her. Then she asked how she could help me. I asked for heavy metal testing and her to not fight me when I research something, be open-minded and give me an honest "medical" view-point of what I find. She agreed. For the first time I felt like she really cared about my son - even if it were for just a moment. So, we are getting heavy metal testing - copper, aluminum, mercury, and lead. Covered by insurance! :0)

When I got home, I called a DAN! doctor in the next town over. They usually have a 2-3 month wait to get in, but low and behold, we are seeing her on the 20th of this month! It's $300 out-of-pocket, but I hear it is worth that and then some! I am ecstatic to get in that fast and can't wait to start that testing for systemic yeast, B12 deficiency, and other stuff. I have so much that I want to ask about the post-natal steroids (Dexamethasone) that Hayden got in the NICU that I am reading eats holes in these kids intestines and stomach and I just am overwhelmed.

I will update once we have seen the DAN! doctor and let you know how it goes from there!