The VIRUS

Here at Family Practice at Lester Naval Hospital. You can go there severely ill, or bring your kids there and they will look at you and tell you its a virus! But if it hasn't cleared up in 7-10 days to come back.

Here my 4yr old, had fever 104 degree's I waited for the 4th day before bringing her in. Even tho she was dehydrated and had fever its just a virus. No lab work was done to prove virus or bacterial, its a virus. It was less than a 5 min appointment. We were told to wait 7-10 days if she wasn't better to bring her back. But if she started vomiting or seizuring to bring her back ASAP.

Here as her mother I knew she was getting pneumonia. I kept calling for an appointment, but instead got transferred to a nurse. Who would tell me the same thing its just a virus and will be gone 7-10 days.

Here her lips turned purple and scabby looking, she was dry, but when I talked to a nurse she needed to be vomiting before they would see her. The nurse would tell me how to get the fever down.

The only other choice was to bring her to the ER, but from previous experience they get the fever down and send you home and have you follow up in the morning with your PCM who gives you the run around that its just a VIRUS.

Day 7, I take my daughter back to the clinic way beyond pissed off and told the same doctor we saw the first time, she should have ordered lab work, chest X-ray to see that she has pneumonia. Here this doctor kept trying to re-assure me its just a virus. This doctor kept telling me she looks good, her fever is down, nothing was wrong with her. The fever was down temporarily, finally she ordered a chest X-ray. And yes she had pneumonia - size of a golf ball.

Everytime we go to the Family Practice Clinic - everything is a VIRUS, they will tell you to come back every 7-10 days, so when you come back you see someone different then you have to come back in another 7-10 days, it never ends.

For them to say its not a virus, you have to be vomiting all over the place. Somebody would of had to carry you into the clinic, cuz if you can walk you are not sick according to them!

The pain scale means nothing according to several doctors there they don't believe a person can be above 7 in pain, even for a child. If you were a 7 in pain you would be in the ER not there.

That is somethings you have to put up with being stationed here. I rather be seen off base, where they listen and treat you with respect and help get you better vs just passing you off to the next doctor to pass you off again.