We were kicked out of our Pediatrician's Practice today.

Yes. You read that right.

We received a phone call that our pedi no longer wanted the triplets as patients anymore.

I am totally not kidding.

Here's what happened:

We took the babies to their 6-month well-child visit last week. We waited 45-minutes to see the doctor, which we are used to, it's the same anywhere you go.. So the doctor looks over all the babies, asks us questions, if we have any concerns etc. He spent about 10-15 min with each baby. He told us they look great, they're gaining and growing great, and that "you can't even tell that Elijah was a preemie!"
So we were sent on our merry way, with big thumbs up from the dear old doc. (well..he's not old. He's in his 30's...only been in practice for 6 years...)

So anywho, we get home, and then later that day we get voicemail from Dr. Brooks nurse. "Joey needs a head ultrasound done." What?!?!?!?! My husband calls her back to see why on earth our pedi is ordering a head scan on our son.

She tells us it's because Joey had rapid growth with his head circumference. My husband tells her he's going to talk to me about it, then call her back. So I get out the growth charts and start looking them over. According to the charts, Rowan's head actually grew more than Joey's did.

So we're even more confused, so we call back. Davey asks why Joey needs a head ultrasound done if his actually grew less than Rowan's? The nurse tells us that Dr. Brooks also thought that Joey looked "top-heavy." And why didn't Dr. Brooks mention this during the appointment? "Because he knew you were in a hurry and wanted to get out of there." WHAT?!?!?

First of all, we already waited 45 minutes to see the doctor. Second of all, does he think we pack up a 30lb diaper bag, dress, feed, and get 3 babies into their carseats, load them into the van, and then tote all of them up to his office for FUN?? No! We're there because we want him to do his job! To make sure that our children are healthy! But because he thought we were "in a hurry" he failed to mention to us that he thought that our sons brain may be hemorraging or that he may have water on his brain??????

So Davey told the nurse that he needed to talk to me again, and that he'd call her back. So we talked about it, and decided that we'd go ahead and have the head ultrasound done to make sure everything was ok. Even though we were still totally confused on why he needed one in the first place. Keep in mind that while all this is going on, not ONCE did Dr. Brooks call us and try to explain things to us.

So we called, and they set up the appt for us.

Then a few hours later, his receptionist calls.

She informs my husband that Dr. Brooks doesn't appreciate Davey's "tone", and that we were second guessing his opinion. We are no longer welcome at his practice.

HELLO!!! We never even heard your opinion from HIM in the FIRST PLACE!!!


I'm sorry...but wouldn't you question this? As a parent? After a totally normal well-child visit, find out AFTER you have gotten home from your pedi's NURSE that your son needs a head ultrasound?

This is the most absurd thing I have ever heard in my entire life. I was so mad and so upset that I was shaking.

Oh, and another reason they "dismissed" us is because we questioned their billing! Our insurance company told us that the office visits were being coded as "retinal scans." So Davey called and asked them why, and they had no idea why the insurance company was getting that code. That was it. And that was another reason we were dismissed from his practice. Crazy right???


So now our dilemma is that there is not one single doctor in our network that will take the triplets on as patients. When they were born, we called every single pedi in our network, Dr. Brooks was the last one we called, and they accepted us.

So now what are we supposed to do??? We have no pedi for our kids! And I'm so afraid that if we do get close to being accepted, that Dr. Brooks is going to tell this new doctor that we were being rude or something to him, and that's why he dismissed us, and the new doc won't take us on as patients.

I am just so totally floored right now. Is this not the craziest thing you've ever heard??

Aren't you supposed to question your doctor? This is your kids you're talking about- it's your job to make sure they're safe. Doctors aren't right all the time! And when they don't even have the common courtesy to discuss this issue with you in person, during the visit, or even call you after the fact- YEAH! I'm going to have some serious questions!!

The other thing I am so angry about is that during this visit, he second guessed Joey's surgeon!! He was like, "And the surgeon is sure this isn't a hernia? Have she mentioned getting a second opinion from another doctor?" Nice doc. So it's ok for you to question another doctor..but not us, THE PARENTS to???

I also brought up the fact that Dr. Brooks started the babies on solid food at 4 months actual. We went to see the gastro doctor, who specializes in the gut and how it works. When we told him that Dr. Brooks had started them on solids so early, he looked at us like we were crazy and said that we were "being unfair to our babies", that their little digestive systems weren't ready to handle solid foods yet. This is a PERFECT example of why you should question your doctors!!! Who's right? The pedi? Or the gastro doc??


I am so angry and so upset...I don't know what to do.

What would you do???