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| - We have visited this facility twice recently. One time was for a well-baby check-up, and the other for a rather nagging cough which concerned us quite a bit.
The first time we went was for the cough. We managed to get a same day appointment at the very end of the day. We arrived quite early, and headed for the waiting room. North Scottsdale Pediatric has a divided waiting area...one side each for sick children and healthy children. Unfortunately for us, the "sick" side was still jammed pack with people. The staff were running a little bit shorthanded, but I guess that's to be expected during cold and flu season.
The waiting rooms were both quite nice. There are lots of chairs, plenty of games with which the children can play, and a television. On this day, everyone seemed to be in a particularly foul mood...though, if your child is sick, you're guaranteed to be less than pleasant.
After a little longer wait than we expected, we went back to figure out what was going on with our little one. The nurse came out and greeted my daughter, and was very pleasant. Although she was a little under the weather, my daughter was very receptive to the nurse. After taking her weight, the nurse led us through a seemingly endless maze of different examination rooms to go and see our physician, Dr. Whitehouse.
Dr. Whitehouse was amazing. She was extremely thorough with our daughter. Through some very in-depth questioning, Dr. Whitehouse was able to finally figure out the cause of our daughter's annoyingly persistent coughing.
After our first experience with Dr. Whitehouse, it was a no-brainier as to where we needed to take our child in for her four year check-up. And, once again, the doctor was amazing.
Doctors, in my opinion, are like insurance. You have them, but you hope you never really need to use them. But, in the event that you DO have to use them, you need to make sure that they're reliable. Dr. Whitehouse certainly fits that description!
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