If you want

These last few days have been crazy which is why there have not been recent blog postings. Although my son was feeling better and came home, he has been in the hospital since Saturday due to dehydration and fever. He basically refuses to drink after having the adenoids and tonsils removed. I am too exhausted to write a long post tonight, but I found one of the events during our stay rather incredible so I thought I would pass it along since it is brief. When my son was first discharged, the surgeon placed him on 7 days of oral antibiotics. We were giving him this to him until he was re-admitted. When he went up to the main floor from the ER, we asked if he was going to get his antibiotic again. The ENT resident said that they normally do not send children home with antibiotics after these procedures so he didn't think he needed it. I don't know if this is true or not, but I then said that the attending had ordered it because he felt he DID need it. So the ENT resident just looked at us and non-chalantly said, 'Well, ok…if you want." To me, that is just a baffling response. If I want?! Isn't it the job of the doctor to determine the need for the medication? In this case, the attending doctor had already ordered it, the resident didn't seem aware of this, and then we mentioned that point it seems "If you want" was a face-saving response. One day later, the pharmacy finally sent up the antibiotic and he took it tonight. Kind of strange that it takes a day to send up one of the most common antibiotics in existence. OK, stay tuned for more tomorrow.