Swine flu scared world

I think that most people are really taking this swine flu thing too far. Forgive me for my naive opinion but I think with proper hand washing and common sense people could avoid it. I guess it is also kind of the mind set to me that it won't happen to me! Isn't that what everyone says anyway, I am sure they do. Where was I going with this post....

On Thursday I had to take Makenna to the hospital for some hip xrays. Her Dr. is concerned about how her hips are lining up and wants to make sure there is nothing wrong going on. So, we are at the hospital and I am not sure where to go so I headed to the emergency area first. An important point to this story is that I am holding Makenna in my arms the entire time. The nurse at the ER sent me upstairs to an information desk where I was then directed to the radiology department. They then sent me to registration because I had to be registered, (DUH). Makenna and I sat there waiting patiently to be called while doctors and staff walked by smiling at us. After Makenna was registered we then proceeded back to the radiology department where I was stopped! This nice old lady yelled at me, "STOP! She cannot be in here". Thinking she was joking I smiled. "She is under 18, she is not allowed in the hospital" said that not so nice lady now. So I responded with, "we are here for xrays, I just registered and I have been walking around the hospital and nobody has said anything to me!" The lady demanded that I have someone hold Makenna while I go get xrays, (funny lady, I am not going to leave my child with some random person while I tour the hospital anyway). As I tried to explain that Makenna is the patient, SHE is registered, SHE has doctor orders, the lady finally tried to get us to our destination quickly. She explained to me since the swine flu epidemic, no children are allowed into the hospital.

I do understand the theory behind that new rule BUT there is no children's hospital in the Montrery area, therfore children will need to be seen at the hospital. That is a silly rule and they need to figure out other precautions besides banning kids from the hospital. We did end up getting xrays and we were fine. I, being a smart parent, made sure that Makenna did not crawl around the flor, eat things that fell and washed her hands when we left. People, stop over reacting and just use common sense and don't yell at people. I will not take my kids to the hospital unless there is a reason... come on!!!!