Yes. I just read several other articles that mention the doctor’s fear about meningitis. But here is the main thing. We do know the mom was willing to seek medical treatment for the child when he was exhibiting signs of illness- fever and lethargy. She only decided not to proceed to the ER when the child was obviously better. That is not an alarming decision indeed it makes good sense.
When the doctor and others were told the child no longer had a fever and was active- that should have been the end of it. If the doctor was concerned that the mom was lying and really felt the child was in imminent danger she should have made a house call. I mean this was her patient, right?
... probably didn’t know the right billing code for that.
The article mentioned she was concerned she would get in trouble because the boy was not vaccinated if she went to the ER.
At that point, everything else she does or said was questionable.
If a doctor tells a parent to get your child to the ER, you can bet your tush the doctor’s not saying it just to hear himself talk. As a doctor, he’s actually correct for his call to the authorities on this one.
Having had experience with our government’s thugs, I can say I detest them.
The flip-side? If a doctor told me to take my child to the ER, I’m going to take my child to the ER.
Depending on where the child lives (I don’t know that, right now), his temp could have dropped simply because he was outside for a bit; that’s no call to say it wouldn’t come back up. Children are strange little creatures....their bodies can seemingly rebound and then develop high temps again at the drop of a pin.
I really, really hate siding with the authorities on this one....
And meningitis is a communicable disease, confirmed by blood tests and CT scan (probably the reason for the hospital visit - it did not say ER).
I can only speak from experience and say that if my child's pediatrician told me to get such and such a test to rule something out, I did it.