After sitting in the H1N1 tank disguised as Dr. F’s waiting room for almost over an hour… My name was called.
Dr. F: Why do you want to get a flu shot?
Me: Why, do I have to qualify for one?Dr. F silently glares at me over his glasses.
Me: Well, because you pinched me last winter when I came to you dying of influenza – 102 fever, glands swollen to the size of grapefruits. Then you yelled at me. Also, my son, who is two, can’t get the either of the flu shots. I don’t usually enjoy injecting anything into my body, but I feel that I might be a good candidate.
Dr. F: Your son needs to get both shots, why won’t you allow him to have them?
Me: I would most definitely give him the shots but he’s allergic to eggs and both vaccines are grown in eggs.
Dr. F: Did you take him to an Allergist?
Me: (in my head) No, a Veterinarian.
Me: Yes, Dr. B. He is B to the A awe-some.Dr. F: What kind of test did he have?
Me: Blood
Dr. F: Are you sure the results were 100%?
Me: Yes.
Dr. F: You should double check.
Me: I’ve checked, but also there isn’t a Pediatrician or Allergist alive that will give the flu shots to a 2 year old that is even remotely allergic to eggs.Dr. F: Well your husband needs the flu shot too.
Me: He was here on Friday and you gave him one.
Dr. F: He’s not on this list – he didn’t get one.
Me: I was waiting in the car outside while he came in to get one.
Dr. F: Why were you waiting in the car, you could have come in to get one too.
Me: I was in the car so that we wouldn’t have to bring our son into yourinfestedwaiting room and I did come in after he had his shot but the wait was too long so I’m here now.
Dr. F: Well he’s not on this list.
Me: Well, Dr. F, the list is wrong.We silently stare at each other.
Dr. F: RUTH!?!?! Can you check the other list to see if Mr. Sal had his flu shot on Friday?
Me: The “other” list?Dr. F says nothing and gets up to prepare my flu shot.
Me: Dr. F, the “other” list?
Dr. F walks over to me, asks me to roll up my sleeve and then–with all the mighty force in his aging 5′ body, proceeds to jam the flu shot into my arm muscle. That was five days ago and my arm is still sore.
Me: Ouch!
Dr. F: RUTH?!?!?
Ruth: He’s on this list. He was here and got the shot.
Dr. F: (not looking at me) Okay, well at least he’s on A list.
Dr. F leaves the room.
Ruth: NEXT PATIENT!!!!!
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You are a better woman than me. I would have ripped him a new one and then walked out, never to return. LOL. I can’t believe he argued with you like that over your hubby, and more importantly over your son. Like you wouldn’t double or triple check. I don’t get my kids flu shots, or myself for that matter, but I had no idea they were grown in eggs, so that was interesting to find out.
My doctor is all out of the H1N1 shot. Lucky us. The office said it would be “soon.” Uh huh.So for now my kids are safely stored in large ziplocks bags whenever we venture outside.
Holy Shit….. that is pretty much all i have to say!! are you looking for a new dr yet??i always seem to get young goofy doctors…that makes me happy!!
hope your arm is better soon (that bastard)xoxo
Ry, your anecdotes are top rate!I don’t even remotely qualify for a flu shot, having no kids and being healthy 30-something (no comment on what birthday I just had today…). But I think sole proprietors should be on the list to get the dang shot…I just spent a week down for the count with a regular *cold*…it kicked me such that I couldn’t even work through it (I tried, and the drivel that came out of my old WACOM wasn’t even worth an initial Ctrl Shift S).If I get the flu now, after already wasting a week of design and development time this month, right in the middle of a new HUGE project and a big project wrapping up and a new small project needing supervision AND another medium project on the horizon (not that I’m complaining about the work, mind you), I am screwed. I have one, possibly two, maybe three people to pay (in various states of hours-per-week mind you) and of course NOTHING gets done if I’m not around to direct, with some few exceptions…Murg. I have a needle phobia BUT I WANT MY SHOT!!