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The reason for the length of the flight was a life was saved. I met my new Doctor yesterday as I have been battling the cough and congestion thats going around. I went to see a different Doctor last Friday and along with a prescription for cough medicine was a 5 minute diagnosis of my 6 year old and how we we're treating her ADHD. This A-HOLE will be explained later. I meet my new Doctor yesterday and he is a throwback to what Doctors we're in days past. Very outgoing and a listener. He takes the time to listen to how I feel and treats my symptoms. During the exam he tells me of his 22 hour flight.

He and his wife leave Bradley and connect in Atlanta. The final destination is Sacramento CAL. where they are visiting their son. After takeoff in Atlanta they get to altitude and a announcement comes on asking for a doctor on the plane. He volunteers his services along with 3 other doctors. A passenger had suffered a heart attack and needed emergency attention. The 4 Doctors tend to the passenger as he lay unresponsive on the plane's floor. My Doctor is either applying CPR or was using the defribulator but the 4 volunteer life savers are hard at work. The pilot then descends at a steep angle to land at the nearest airport. My Doc said the thing went down like a fighter jet and the 4 of them were on the floor with no seat belts and trying to save  a life. They land at the airport and the passenger is handed off to the EMT's. The man who lay dead on the plane ends up surviving!!!!!. It just goes to show that his number wasn't up and he really lucked out with 4 Doctors on his flight.

I am so glad that this hero is part of my Family's well being and I am honored to have him a s my Doctor.

Now back to the A-HOLE: He busts in the door to the exam room. My daughter is using the rolling stool as a ride and she is nervous about seeing the Doctor. I explained at the receptionist that I wanted both of us seen as she has had a nagging cough for over 2 weeks. This idiot checks my ears, nose and throat. A throat culture comes back negative. My daughter continues to roll on the stool as I'm explaining my right ear has been aching since early afternoon. He makes a diagnosis and gives me a prescription for cough medicine. He then turns to me and asks about my daughter and I tell him about her cough. He says she seems fine now and I aggree but he doesn't even check her ears and nose. He just asks about her ADHD and her treatment. Our daughter doesn't have it and I almost knocked him out for his arrogance. We leave and on the following Tuesday my wife brings her to the Doctor. She only has a double ear infection and needs antibiotics and when we ask the Doctor about the ADHD diagnosois the Doctor says their is no way she has it.

Here is a tale of 2 Doctors.

1:  who likes what he does and is a throwback to a caring Doc of days past.

2: one who is just in it for the money and could care less about a sick child. This Doctor will probably take out a wrong organ in a operation.

22 hours to California but a life was saved and a family will have happy holidays thanks to my super-doc.