We can agree to disagree. My (then)23 month old grandson nearly died from spinal meningitis in Jan. In between convulsing from fever he was scared, combative and unmanageable. The nurses had to get lines in. There was no time for papoosing or gentle touch. He was held firmly and sedated. What could he have communicated to them anyway at 23 months old? Onset of symptoms? What could a non- verbal Abbie communicate in a real medical emergency? Im glad they didnt pussy foot around. He was life-flighted out of our local ER not 25 minutes later. My analogy of my childs immunizations was simply, if something needs done, do it. But for you to compare a broken tooth in a dental office to a medical emergency in an ER? Not even close.Exactly why I said a papoose board restraint is for emergencies only. Of course they would papoose her for an ER visit, personally I cannot see just because she is limping she needs to go urgent care. It can be dealt with at home.
If you have a patient that needs care but is out of control, the Dr decides on the severity of the illness or injury then choose restraint or sedation.
We had kids come all the time with emergencies from an abscess to broken teeth to knocked out teeth. We are trained to take care of them and I can assure you so are ER personnel. They don't get angry at disabled people in need of care.
All human beings deserve special treatment when they are ill. I am assuming your child was not at ER but rather at a DR's office just for regular shots? Totally different than someone coming into ER. It's just not the same animal. I bet nurses have held Abbie down for shots too at her regular check ups.
We also should not all agree like we are in a brainwashed tattle cult. We are different people with different backgrounds and should be able to disagree without someone getting all butt hurt about it.
And Abbie must not being having too much blood drawn, since Brandis whole focus before the virus started was desensitizing Abbie to having a tourniquet put on her arm, rubbing the alcohol pad, showing her the needle, etc.