Unless it's sepsis or central line infection, I don't think it shows up in the metrics at the moment. And even if it did, it would just hurt the hospital, not the doctor.
So how do I hurt the doctor? I mean his feelings.
Pull his tail until he yelps. Got it.
Well, you live in Texas and I'm guessing being shot really hurts people's feelings. You could do that.
"Are you *sure* you washed your hands? With soap AND hot water?"
Also there also are a lot of doctor specific versions of yelp out there that you could use.
And most doctors have only a few ratings unless they really inspire feelings of one sort or another in people. So a nasty rating has an outsized effect (which is why they're mostly useless, but if you google a doctor's name they're usually some of the first results).
As a mother of four, you should be able to give exactly the right delivery to the line. The surgeon had a mother, use it to your advantage!
Call him by his first name at the follow-up. Then if he complains say "sorry, I only use titles for people who didn't give me post-op infections." Then look at the nurse and say "BURN."
Tell him that there was considerable laudable pus and a marked crisis, but thanks to the crisis your humors are coming back in balance.
Laudanum is wonderfully beneficial during the crisis.
OR post on Unfogged and enjoy the hell out of the commenter-generated snark.
Sorry about your infestation of animalcules, Heebs.
I got an infection post-delivery (yay, stitches!) and had them treated by a different OB because I had Very Angry Feelings towards the first one. Second OB strongly urged me to allow her to write a letter to 1st OB detailing my infection & the follow-up treatment (as professional courtesy, I suppose?) and I agreed. 1st OB then billed me for reading the letter.
I haven't decided whether to fight it or not, but it seems profoundly ballsy in a really gross way.
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That's horrible. At minimum don't pay. Maybe sue her for malpractice and get it on the evening news if you're super vindictive (OB bills me for telling her she gave me an infection).
Or just tweet it. Heaping shame on scoundrels is one of the better functions of the internet.
20 is right: this is exactly the sort of pass-around-this-astonishing-story fuel that the internet runs on. "This woman reported a post-delivery infection to her doctor and you won't believe what happened next!"
One asshole thing this woman's asshole doctor did. The first one shocked me!
I think deliveries are more of a vagina thing, actually, though I've really only ever been present for one and I don't remember much about it.
Snark has well-documented antimicrobial properties.
Never has snark been so satisfying. Thanks guys. I wish I had the nerve to do something like that, but to be honest there's a reasonable chance I'll just pay - path of least resistance and all.
However, if I knew where to start to warn people about this ass of an OB, I absolutely would. I suppose I should write a letter to someone. It all seems so straightforward when it's someone else's problem but when it happens to you...
I hope you tell OB2 about this. Reputation might take a further ding.
"This is our most desperate hour. Help me, OB 2. You're my only hope."
This isn't all taking place in Kenosha by any chance?