A couple of weeks ago we received a letter from our clinic stating that the doctor we worked so hard to locate was abandoning us in favor of some faraway land (Africa maybe? I’ll have to look it up…) during the last few months of pregnancy and well past delivery.
Since we were none too keen with her to begin with (I would compare her bedside manner to that of most house cats–“distracted” at best), we set off in search of a new doctor. Okay, so we didn’t actually do anything until our old doctor no-showed on us (delivering someone else’s baby or something crazy like that) and they dumped us onto “Dr. Angie” 5 minutes before our appointment.
While the arrangements were being made, I used the business card rack to search out this doctor, and couldn’t seem to find anyone with the last name of “Angie”, “Agee”, “Anty”, or any other remotely similar name. In my confusion, I tried switching to first names, and then I saw it… Dr. Angela Wermerskirchen.
That’s when I realized why they called her “Dr. Angie”.
So yup, we’re gonna stick with Dr. Angie cause she’s nice and answers our questions. When it comes down to it, it’s almost impossible to evaluate a family practice doctor based on her resume, GPA, or skill level. Isn’t it odd that taking the extra 3 minutes to stick around and answer all the easy questions of a scared pair of parents-to-be is the difference? Man, I oughta become a doctor…
