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[quote=Anonymous]I am progressively more and more ticked off with my children's doctors, dentists, speech therapists who expect me to bring in my children during the school day.  YOU chose to be a medical provider for CHILDREN.  You need to be available when children are AVAILABLE.  Yes, once or twice, I will pull them out of school for an appt.  HOWEVER, not on a regular basis (speech therapist, I am looking at you; we see you once a week; she is not missing school every WEEK!) and NO, not more than once or twice.  Also, you are not the ONLY doctor my child sees; I cannot be pulling them out every time I turn around, b/c yes, you ALL try to pull this one me.  I repeat:  you are the one who chose to work with children.  You should have taken this into account and hey, here's a thought, maybe don't close every Friday at 2 pm?  I sure would like to get off at 2 pm every Friday, but hey, I don't, and I think that is a pretty unrealistic expectation for a FT working professional.

Latest episode that prompted this?  Just got a call from my pediatric dentist.  She has decided to go on spring break the week of April 28 - March April 1.  So the appointment I had scheduled 6 months ago (March 28 in after-school hours) is now not available.  When receptionist asks me to come at an alternative time DURING school hours, NO, I am not going to do it.  Would I like to drop everything and take a random vacation any time I want to at my job?  Yes.  Do I do it?  No.

Added twist;  I have to get my little one into same pediatric dentist. Can I bring her along at same time older daughter is being seen?  OH heavens no.  "Dr.  ____ only sees the little ones in the morning times."  So I cannot schedule two siblings back-to-back, b/c she only sees little ones in the morning times??

Are these people TRYING to drive me crazy?  They are doing a pretty good job of it.  [/quote]

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