Pediatrician Number 4

Clayton came home from work last night with a pile of papers, all excited about the health insurance meeting that he had at work. He starts to tell me the "good news" about how the company switched over to Kaiser. I immediately started crying. We have to switch pediatricians AGAIN. Rolan was covered under my Kaiser insurance for the first month of his life, and I didn't like either of the doctors we saw there. The first one I really couldn't stand so I changed his primary physician, and the second was a bit better but not much. When that month was up and Rolan moved over onto Clayton's Blue Sheild coverage, we signed up to see Dr. Rush in Pleasant Hill, the same doctor that Clayton's boss takes his two kids to. I took the personal recommendation on faith, and I met Dr. Rush for the first time right before we checked into Oakland Children's hospital. He was wonderful then and continued being an excellent doctor. And he helped me through that hard time. On our last visit I told him how much I appreciated him and how I thought that he could be more personable than the two Kaiser doctors in his sleep. I loved how he treated Rolan. He talked to him, asked him for permission to check his ears, and look in his mouth. He said thank you when he was done, and apologized to him for giving shots. This change will be better for us in the long run. No more $40 office visits, no more driving to Pleasant Hill for appointments. Calling for advice won't take as long anymore either. But I'm still so sad to be leaving a doctor that I trusted to take care of my baby.