It's been a very busy month for hospitals and visits and appointments and such like. What with Uncle Paul back in hospital after being sent home and Momma visited to help him ring for an ambulance and Momma seeing an Orthopeadic specialist and was then sent for Xrays and MRI scans and prodded and poked. It brought up the age old feelings of 'White Coat Syndrome' for ManSlave. He very kindly visited Uncle Paul the first time and stood in the doorway at CCU squeezing antibacterial juice all over his hands every minute and looking very green. He then had to accompany Momma to the clinic in Birmingham, which he said wasn't too much like a 'real' hospital, but when Momma was sent for Xrays there and then, his legs turned to jelly and he started to perspire from his hands and go all clammy and his heart rate shoots off the scale. ManSlave has it written on his notes at his local doctors "has white coat syndrome". He declined to go with Momma for MRI scans. That would have been a bit too clinical.
Ironically, a few months back, Faith & Lillibet had their boosters and Faith became quite poorly with a fever. Momma nursed her and took her temperature and cooled her down and took her to the vets. It was after about the 4th visit of Faith NOT recovering that both Simon the Vet and Momma thought there was something more sinister going on - there wasn't. Faith also has white coat syndrome! At home her temperature was sitting finally at 38.1 and then she would go for the last check up and Simon would do his reading and her temperature had shot up to 40.0? He kept sending her away with Loxicom and saying "come back tomorrow". Momma would take the temperature at night and all OK and at the morning appointment it was back to 40 again? This happened three times. She became fine at home, racing about, eating, being happy. So on the final morning, Momma took her temperature before she traveled and took the FURMOMETER with her. Simon used two FURMOMETERS that day and on the second day he had use 3! She was up from 38.1 to 40.1 again!!! He said this time - take her home - do nothing and wrote on her notes "Green Coat Syndrome"!
KS =^..^=
Ironically, a few months back, Faith & Lillibet had their boosters and Faith became quite poorly with a fever. Momma nursed her and took her temperature and cooled her down and took her to the vets. It was after about the 4th visit of Faith NOT recovering that both Simon the Vet and Momma thought there was something more sinister going on - there wasn't. Faith also has white coat syndrome! At home her temperature was sitting finally at 38.1 and then she would go for the last check up and Simon would do his reading and her temperature had shot up to 40.0? He kept sending her away with Loxicom and saying "come back tomorrow". Momma would take the temperature at night and all OK and at the morning appointment it was back to 40 again? This happened three times. She became fine at home, racing about, eating, being happy. So on the final morning, Momma took her temperature before she traveled and took the FURMOMETER with her. Simon used two FURMOMETERS that day and on the second day he had use 3! She was up from 38.1 to 40.1 again!!! He said this time - take her home - do nothing and wrote on her notes "Green Coat Syndrome"!
KS =^..^=
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