~ Suffered from UTI in early March 2009.
~ On-going treatment of antibiotic (in total of 7 weeks..ending on 27 April 2009)
~ Half way thru’ the oral med he has bad rashes on his butt., so he is on topical fungal n antibiotic cream, interchangeably, still on it..
(oh yah n the hot weather didn’t help at all…thanks alot man!)..Eliminating all possibilities, my long trusted GP said it could have been due to
the anitbiotic which he is taking, which in turn is making his stools more acidic and thus the rashes..ok fair enough.
Ok..so last Thursday Kayden went for the ultrasound of his urinary system – to be precise the bladder n kidneys.
This week – Wednesday, he went back to see the urologist consultant who had seen him during his hospital stay, to review on his condition.
All doc did was asked :” how is he?” Oh come on….isn’t it obvious…?
And so I related his nappy episodes to her…hah…! straight away she brushes off the possibility that his nappy rashes was due to the anitbiotic…o.m.g..then y isit that the rashes only developed after taking the antibiotic??? Coincidence? If allergic to diaper then it would have happened..rite???? Oh no..maybe the skin at his butt area are more retarded..it takes 3mths + to develope rashes.. duh!..
She just look look abit and says : “oh no it can’t be the antibiotic..its just nappy rash…” oh forget it!
Oh…mine..it is so typical of the docs there or what…or are we unlucky…? This is the second time we encountered such “professionalism”..
Am I expecting too much ? or they are just there to make $ instead of practicing medicine? Only God knows…
It seems to me that they are there to pass time and when pay day comes they just smile to the bank..or what?
First, they are late for our appointment…okay they will tell u…oh the doc got rounds to make at the ward lah…or this n that…for sure…aiyah whatever it is…they are always right..never mind..benefit of the doubt given.
Then when they see you, they give the kind of can’t-wait-to-get-over-the-consultation look ..and want to finish the session soonest possible.
It is just so stereotypical of them, the moment she heard my story, she gets a piece of the anatomy of the human urinary system and exlpains to us what kind of procedures will be done on Kayden in the months to come! Mind u there is a stack of this anatomy thingy on her table …which has been photocopied…it only tells me that all UTI cases will go thru the same treatment…so SOP man…and her job is so easy..
Questions starts popping up in my mind..like ” Are all UTI cases the same? ” Isit necessary for all of them to go thru the same treatment or procedure…? Can’t we just skipped the not so necessary test and move on a more confirmative one to acertain the cause of his UTI?
She told us that she would need to change Kayden’s medication; from one type of antibiotic to another type and to be taken for another 3 mth or rather until the next review…(to see what huh? Asked : “How is he?” again….? nothing to be done during the visit…but just to see see only…literally) then she will schedule for another procedure for Kayden which requires the insertion of some radioactive dye into him and check if his kidneys have been scarred by the last episode of UTI.
I am really worried if his lil’ liver and kidneys are able to take another 3 mths of anitbiotic..just for preventive measure. Of cos I hope that she knows what she is doing and afterall she is a professional and I wouldn’t want to doubt her professionalism.
After my last experience with them and once bitten twice shy, honestly speaking I really have doubts about the whole course of treatment…and I am having minimal faith.. We desparately wanted a 2nd opinion…and so…an appointment was made with another paed.
Will I let Kayden go thru’ the next course of antibiotic treatment? Will I go back for review and then the invasive test procedure? I will let u know again lah…when we got our 2nd opinion….hehehe…
