Pain meds Mar 10

Lily's foot was giving her lots of pain, so I scheduled an appointment for her that afternoon.  The only one who was available was a nurse practitioner (NP), not an actual doctor.  I wanted them to take x-rays of her foot as none had been done yet, and also to give her something for the pain.

When the NP came in, her first comment was (quite accusingly) "You want narcotics for your daughter?" Like I was trying to drug her up!!  I told her what was going on, and she didn't even look at her foot!  She got up and said she wanted to read what the podiatrist said.  10 minutes later, she finally came back in. Their office was closed, so she couldn't get any records.  I asked if we could at least do an x-ray, and she was on board with that, though she was still doubting what was going on.

Shortly after x-rays were taken, the NP came in and seemed much more sincere. Her first words were "Wow, I guess she does have some abnormalities in her foot."  DUH!!!!  Then she very nicely asked what I was thinking for pain reliever.  I asked if we could start with something that wasn't a narcotic, and she agreed.  So naproxen it is.  As we were walking out of the appointment, she said good luck and told us "You know, sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the oil.".  I think she felt bad for doubting us.

Here are her x-rays vs. "normal" x-rays.