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| - I brought my 14 year old son to PCH Emergency room at 5 AM with excruciating stomach ache. He didn't sleep all night. I know my son, like all moms do, and I knew something was really wrong. When the doctor came in, I asked for an ultrasound. She said that she had at least 3-4 cases in the last 4 nights where kids came in with a stomach virus(tummy ache, vomiting and diarrhea). I explained that my son had a very bad stomach ache and no vomiting and no diarrhea. I also explained that he's had stomach viruses in the past and this was different. She ordered an X ray and said that if it comes back normal, they will send him home. It was normal. I begged for an ultrasound again, and she said that there is no indication for an ultrasound because he probably has a virus. She was almost annoyed with me and said that they will do a blood test and if everything is ok will send me home. Blood test showed elevated white blood cells. Once again, the doctor said it's consistent with the virus. I told her I know something is wrong. She ordered some liquid med to coat the lining of his stomach to make his feel better and send him home. I was terrified as my son was in so much pain and I didn't know how to stop it. He threw up the medicine. We were there for hours and hours until the pain finally started to migrate from his upper abdomen to the belly button area. At that point they finally decided to get an ultrasound. It took them more than 1.5 hours to get back to me and let me know that they will take him for a CT. It showed Appendicitis with possible rupture. An hour later, he was in the OR getting EMENGENCY SURGERY. I found out after the surgery that the 2 doctors were residents and the attending doctor that signed off on the case never came in once to see us. His pain got so bad that a shot of Morphine they finally decided to give him hours later, didn't even help.
I took him to PCH because they advertise that they are one of the Top hospital in the country. I agree with other departments of PCH, but definitely not the ER portion of it. We thank our lucky stars that his Appendix did not rupture since they took so many hours to finally do an ultrasound that I asked for as soon as we got there. Word of advise to these new doctors: The human body is not text book. Just because he didn't have pain around the belly button radiating to the right, and just because you saw some kids in the past few nights with a stomach virus, doesn't mean that you shouldn't investigate further. Every patient is different! My child is proof of that.
I must say, the Surgical team was great! It's the ER that I will NEVER go back to again!
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