Seriously ppl?

For those I am about to offend I am sorry...


I work in Pediatrics and it amazes me how inept parents are.  I honestly feel that in order to have kids you should have to pass a test of some sort.  When people choose to adopt the have to have their income , background, and medical history evaluated.  Most times there is a psych eval but to have a kid you just have to be willing.  I know that is judgmental but I have become a cynic.  I see many parents who have no clue how to care for their child.  How to take a temperature or how to give Tylenol.   Just because your child just vomited does not mean they need to come to the office so that they can puke in my waiting room or infect the children that came for well child visits.  Unless your child has vomited a lot in a short time they do not need to be seen.  If they have a rash, try some benadryl.  If that does not work, then call me.  If they had a fever and now have a rash, it may be caused by that fever.  If you can run your hand over it and it disappears, it is viral.  Now I know that some of my knowledge comes from working in pediatrics and having kids but I also took these things called infant care classes and those were helpful.  I had one parent who called because their child got bit by their house cat (who has never been outside) and wanted to know that since the cats rabies vaccine expired two months ago if they should get their child the rabies shot.   I literally had to put the phone on hold because I was in shock and could not decide to laugh or cry.  There is also the parents whose kids have asthma but they still continue to smoke and not give their child the treatments the child needs and wants to know why their pulmonary function test is bad.   I also love the parents who have children with genetic problems but instead of stopping the reproducing they continue to have children....Um Hello unless you change either the mother or father you have a very high chance of the same result.   I know people want to have more children and have this great desire to have children but sometimes common sense has to prevail.


Now I know we have a diverse population in KY but would it really hurt that if your child is being seen to bring an interpreter?  I would never go to a foreign country and not know how to articulate my needs.  We are not kidnapping these people so they should learn some of our language.


My last issue deals with Facebook.  There is a certain person who has blocked me from their profile.   I know this person and while we don't see eye to eye is it really necessary to block me?  I thought we are all adults and this is just petty.  If I really wanted to know what was going on, I could just access that page through Roy's account.  It is not like it is a big secret and truth be told that person is not really doing anything that is worth my energy.   I just thought that at this point in the game we could move past the history and grow up.  I know I do have lapses on this and get stuck on history and want to dwell.  Lord knows I am the queen of woulda, shoulda, couldas.  I live my whole life wondering what might have been....   What if I had not married the kid's dad?  What if I had left after I had Aaron? What if I had went to college after high school instead of taking the detour I did?   But at this point while this does keep me up at night a lot I still know I am 32 and those are things I can not change. I would not have Lacey or Aaron nor would I have the job I love even if I spent a majority of time ranting about it.  I know I have a lot to be thankful for but I do feel better now.