The actual letter is fairly long, so I'll summarize; I can post if people are interested. I'm complaining to the state licensing board, b/c this dr was verbally abusive to us, and was so fixated on our refusal to stop bfing and start formula that he completely missed that my ds had a heart defect. The short version of the story is that around 3 wks old, there was one day where dsrefused to nurse all day, so I expressed some milk and gave it to him with an eyedropper. My dh (to his regret) called the dr to report the feeding problem; they wanted to send out a visiting nurse, and told us to stop bfing immediately and start giving formula in a bottle. My LLL leader came over, and we decided that we might just be missing his early hunger cues so that he would get too upset to eat well. When the dr's office called back, she spoke to them and said the situation was under control. We went to his 4 wk appt (on Wed) and he had not gained any weight since 2 wks. Dr ranted and raved, said bfing and LLL were killing our baby. I said I had an appt with a LC for that afternoon. He said he didn't care, it was out of his hands, we should find a dr who'd give more "naturalistic" advice. Said he'd get Children and Youth Services out "to see what's really going on at home." Ds had a heart murmur, so he did want to schedule an echocardiogram--said the office would do it so it would happen sooner and they'd call with the appt that afternoon. I decided to get a 2nd opinion at least or maybe switch drs, so made an appt at a new practice for Fri. No call then or Thurs, till I called in pm to ask about it. They asked how he was feeding, and I said still not well. Dr wanted me to take ds to ER. I didn't go b/c he hadn't given any reason that this was emergent, and we had appt with new dr for next day. When we went to the new dr, they were immediately concerned about his breathing, and put a pulseoximeter on and discovered his blood O2 levels were 79%. We got rushed to ER in ambulance, then transferred to Children's Hosp when ds was stable. Had heart surgery 3 days later.
On the complaint form, it asks for what I would want for resolution. Any ideas? What might be reasonable to ask? That he be required to have some continuing education about feeding problems in newborns?
On the complaint form, it asks for what I would want for resolution. Any ideas? What might be reasonable to ask? That he be required to have some continuing education about feeding problems in newborns?
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