Bec, I'm no doctor or expert, but as a former lab technician I believe a lab test, specifically a CBC [Complete Blood Count] can help a doctor diagnose an ailment such as appendicits (if I remember correctly, the White Blood Cell [WBC] count will generally be elevated with a increased neutrophil population).

Way back, the oldest daughter complained of lower abdominal pain and described it as more intense than cramps. It was hard to tell if this was just a bad case of the 'monthly' cramps, or something else. A CBC was performed and the WBC count was increased. Other testing performed by the doc pointed to appendicitis. NOTE: I'm no doctor or expert, and a CBC may not explain a medical ailment. If you feel you or a loved one are ill, please seek medical attention immediately.

How is the little guy doing today? Symptoms go away? Are you OK? I know that is scary as hell when it is our little ones.

Though you say you're no doctor mac, it may be helpful to bec what you did share with her, and thx. I hope it helps her. Also, it's always hopeful to me just to see people care. Note: nobody would ever understand what I just stated, unless they had PTSD from the same nature and causes I got it from.

Anyhow mac, that's the most frustrating thing about all this. Bec did seek medical attention for her son in the ER and after waiting 2 hrs., they look at him and tell them he's fine and to leave.

I can't stand most doctors. I've found that too many are at one extreme or the other. From the moment they see you they make a presumption and they either go all out, exhausting your insurance monies with one unneccessary, often intrusive, maybe even traumatic test or intrusion, after the other, or they do absol. nothing of any use or help.

Bec, I share in your frustration and annoyance with that ER doctor, and I never met the person.

grrrrrrrrrrr.....doctor's yuck, ER's grrrrrrrrr. The wait......most aggravating.

Bec, Please keep us posted and let us all know how Matt is doing.

It's one thing if the doctor runs some test, lab work perhaps as mac suggested, or does something intelligent to check, it's another when they're so presumptious as to think they know from the moment you walk into the room, or they do little to nothing to check, so at least a parent may leave with some confidence that the doctor knew WTF they were doing.

Please excuse my frustration and anger....just a bit riled up with that doctor.

Again, Bec, please let us all know how Matt does, if he improves or not. I hope so and my best to the both of you.

Hey guys, well he went to school, so that is a good sign, he is still sore but he could walk.. so I take encouragment in that..

Mac: If I could force them to do it.. I would.. however, it takes 3 to 6 months to see your family doc here.. and going back to ER would have the exact same results.. gotta love the health care system...

I'm hoping it was a severly pulled muscle.. which it very well could have been.. . so damn hard to tell with kids..

bec

Well, if he gets ill at school then at least the school nurse should be able to give you a good idea of what was/is going on.

School nurse??? what is that??? no such thing here!!!!


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bec

Y'all don't have nurses in the schools? That is pretty wild. Hell, they were always the ones to give me a heads up. My teen girl was always "sick", sick of school more accurate, the nurses would always call me and tell me if she really had something and I always knew what it was before going to the doctor with it.

To my knowledge we don't have nurses either, just grumpy old ladies in the office!

We have school nurses here. I think it depends on what part of Canada you're living in, and whether you're rural or urban. I live in an urban setting, so there is more health care generally, although the health care anywhere in this country is severely lacking.

Bec, sorry to hear about Matt. I hope he's better now.

Hi Bec, I hope Matt is ok...

Don't wanna alarm you but when I had my little appendix adventure...I had sever abdominal pain, followed by a lot of puking...i was still gonna go to basketball parctice...but my parents stopped me...went to family doc...she put pressure on my legs and got me to push back whihc I did no problem...a) she was fairly old and didn't perss too hard and also, I was an athlete in highschool (had strong legs) ...she still took the precaution though and sent me for more tests etc...Had to do an ultrasound...and then there wer elike 4 ppl in there and were saying "we think it's the appendix but can't tell for sure b/c we can't see it"...anyway...turned out that it was the little bugger...so they took it out...