Jonathan Swift would be so proud
Jul. 8th, 2023 07:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lunabee341. There's absolutely no way this will be as funny in the telling as it was in the happening, but a couple months ago, Dylan and Josh were joking around and saying, "Deez nuts." Fiona said that boys at her school said that all the time, but it became very apparent that she had no idea what the saying means. We asked her what she thought deez nuts are, and she said very tentatively, "Deez . . . poops?"*
Which leads us to earlier this week, Green Day on the radio, and Fiona confidently belting out from the back seat: "Sometimes I give myself the trots."
*takes a bow*
2. I am so angry at Josh's gastro. So, he doesn't have cdiff. Unlike three years ago when he had cdiff, we have an account with Labcorp. So when the pathology report came in on Wednesday, we got it immediately, probably before the doctor's office did. There was no test that said cdiff on it, so we assumed that it hadn't come in yet. The gastro's office called on Wednesday and said the tests were negative, and when Josh asked about the cdiff test, the receptionist said she didn't know anything about that and hung up on him. Josh googled all the tests on Thursday night, and turns out the cdiff test is combined with the e.coli test but not labeled in such a way that it's apparent to a layperson. Because this gastro has a receptionist and not a nurse (OMG!) call patients back with test results, this wasn't explained to us. Also, they didn't follow up on how he's feeling or see if he needs additional tests/care/treatment. Josh has called and left a message for them every day this week and other than the single phone call on Wednesday to say the tests were negative, we've received no communication from them. His condition has slowly improved over the week, and I am starting to think he had a virus that just hit him harder because of his stomach spasm condition, and then anxiety made it even worse because he was afraid of having cdiff again. They didn't do any bloodwork or other tests, just the poop culture. If he isn't markedly better on Monday, I am going to have him drive up there (an hour away) to speak to someone in person because this is fucking ridiculous.
*This did trigger an anatomy discussion with pictorial references, so no worries.
Which leads us to earlier this week, Green Day on the radio, and Fiona confidently belting out from the back seat: "Sometimes I give myself the trots."
*takes a bow*
2. I am so angry at Josh's gastro. So, he doesn't have cdiff. Unlike three years ago when he had cdiff, we have an account with Labcorp. So when the pathology report came in on Wednesday, we got it immediately, probably before the doctor's office did. There was no test that said cdiff on it, so we assumed that it hadn't come in yet. The gastro's office called on Wednesday and said the tests were negative, and when Josh asked about the cdiff test, the receptionist said she didn't know anything about that and hung up on him. Josh googled all the tests on Thursday night, and turns out the cdiff test is combined with the e.coli test but not labeled in such a way that it's apparent to a layperson. Because this gastro has a receptionist and not a nurse (OMG!) call patients back with test results, this wasn't explained to us. Also, they didn't follow up on how he's feeling or see if he needs additional tests/care/treatment. Josh has called and left a message for them every day this week and other than the single phone call on Wednesday to say the tests were negative, we've received no communication from them. His condition has slowly improved over the week, and I am starting to think he had a virus that just hit him harder because of his stomach spasm condition, and then anxiety made it even worse because he was afraid of having cdiff again. They didn't do any bloodwork or other tests, just the poop culture. If he isn't markedly better on Monday, I am going to have him drive up there (an hour away) to speak to someone in person because this is fucking ridiculous.
*This did trigger an anatomy discussion with pictorial references, so no worries.
