I am thrilled to find this thread. I keep meaning to call Dr. Salter & set up an appt. Anyone have a link to her web address?
A few years ago I tried to get in to see Dr. Kincaid & could not get anyone to return a call. It was weird.
I feel like I have to let people know about our negative exp. with Dr. Wessling and his practise.
I've always felt a bit uncomfortable with the practise. They don't act like a family practise, even though that is how they bill themselves. When any of our children are sick its as if they live in a bubble. They don't think about the siblings at all! The final straw for me was last year when I had a newborn and my oldest was sick. Ds had classis whooping cough symptoms, but they insisted it was a virus. Initially we saw the nurse prac. and she did ask if we had been exposed to w/c. My dh is an art teacher at an area high school. He brought the cough home and several students & teachers at his school were sick. He was coughing so hard he was throwing up. It was awful. Telling her that should have been significant b/c the vaccine begins to wear off in the middle school years and older kids & adults are very likely to have w/c. But she dismissed our concern. He exhibited the cough in her office, while I held my newborn dd (literaly less than a week old). I think the newborn in the house should have been enough to order a test or consider w/c more carefully.
Dr. Wessling had said to me several times before "I know whooping cough, that is one illness you don't have to worry about. I know how to treat it & I know how to recognize it".
We took ds back a few more times, over a few weeks, they still said it was a virus. (which w/c is by the way). My older dd & newborn dd both got sick too. They saw older dd once and newborn dd several times. I described their coughs & the severity of illness. Of course neither exhibited a severe coughing fit while in the office. Newborn dd was turning blue during each coughing fit, and they assured me it was fine. Newborn dd ended up being sent to the ER with Dr. Wessling suspecting RSV. She had no RSV symptoms & had been sick for way too long for that to be a possibility. The night before we went to the ER I was getting really scared. Stupid that I didn't just take her in on my own, but my *doctor* had reassured me that that wasn't necessary. I did a lot of research, got some help from a poster here & started taking mega doses of vitamin C. The hospital staff all agreed with me, classic whooping cough, wanted to know who in the hell my doctor was.
I can't figure out if they thought I was exagerating about the cough and newborn dd turning blue. Of course she didn't exhibit a severe cough in the office. We've been patients of Wesslings for almost 5 years. He should *know* that I don't exagerate & that I don't over react to illness. As a matter of fact I probably under-react.
All three kids tested positive for whooping cough. Wessling was sent a packet from the CDC about recognizing & treating whooping cough.
I think his practise is worse than traditional MD's. They don't listen to what I say or respect what I say. They don't take the family into consideration. I've never been more frustrated and angry with a medical practise.
