tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471195334228619129.post7153147275527028515..comments2023-10-31T10:07:02.100-05:00Comments on Taking It Day By Day: Absolute NightmareAzaerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00778026696324592463noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471195334228619129.post-75858666061562869902009-09-01T15:06:54.608-05:002009-09-01T15:06:54.608-05:00Maybe the test will go better in the future when h...Maybe the test will go better in the future when he's a little older. I had both my children's hearing tested in their first years and it was one of the most enjoyable tests they ever had, as far as medical tests go. Pain free and full of lots of attention - a kid's favorite thing :) I can see how it would tick off a baby though. Hopefully in the future it will go better!Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213111266442544228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471195334228619129.post-53134853763988747382009-09-01T09:13:37.640-05:002009-09-01T09:13:37.640-05:00Insurance companies and doctors sometimes don'...Insurance companies and doctors sometimes don't use their heads. Let alone the people who work for them. <br /><br />For starters a parent should have been allowed to stay with and explain things to the child. Comforting the child to let him know you were right there, not with total strangers and pushy ones at that.<br /><br />Sorry you have had to go thru this.<br />I think I would put my foot down about when they were wanting to do it.<br />HOpefully this test will not have to be repeated every year.<br /><br />Those hearing tests are unreal even for those of us that are older and can see what they are doing. I know--I've had to have them in the past.Vernahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08700639166741533028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471195334228619129.post-13064230429845315852009-09-01T09:03:05.421-05:002009-09-01T09:03:05.421-05:00That sounds like my experience with D when he had ...That sounds like my experience with D when he had his EEG. Electrodes, screaming, sweating, crying, strapping arms down to a papoose board. Awful, awful, awful. I'm sorry you had to go through that.LuckyOncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778768854314345726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471195334228619129.post-37472447976534494752009-08-31T19:52:31.718-05:002009-08-31T19:52:31.718-05:00Ugh. I am so sorry you all had to go through that....Ugh. I am so sorry you all had to go through that. Before you have to do this again (shudder), make them tell you what their thinking is. If they can't convince you there is a NEED for this, you could decline. Hugs.Staciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01471803757485977959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471195334228619129.post-80776645197273092682009-08-31T19:45:07.993-05:002009-08-31T19:45:07.993-05:00I can understand why it would be critical to make ...I can understand why it would be critical to make sure that a child who already has a major impairment in sight or hearing would be tested to make sure that there is no impairment in the other. If there is, special measures need to be taken to make sure the child can communicate with the world and is not simply isolated. <br /><br />However I don't see why they made the testing so difficult by asking that you bring him at naptime. Surely they knew that the test involves sensors and earplugs and that neither one is likely to go unnoticed by a sleeping baby. And I don't see why they didn't stop after 15 or 20 minutes and let him take a break in the waiting room or try to let him nurse and calm down. Sometimes people who are supposed to be experts on children seem clueless about kids.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167975377269696346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471195334228619129.post-34166869677544177442009-08-31T17:15:34.433-05:002009-08-31T17:15:34.433-05:00That is just awful. All the poking and prodding wh...That is just awful. All the poking and prodding while the poor little guy screams. And, for TWO whole hours. Were any of the staff fazed by this?Staciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05001084739450044925noreply@blogger.com