General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.

[Penske_Account]

It is a appropriate, at park, for another parent, whom you are acquainted with (your kids are in the same class, but you are not really social friends), who is sitting on a park bench next to your four year old, talking to her, innocently, to ask her if it is okay to have a drink of her bottle of water, and then take a swig and give it back to her? Or is this sort of creepily unsanitarily uncool?

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
It is a appropriate, at park, for another parent, whom you are acquainted with (your kids are in the same class, but you are not really social friends), who is sitting on a park bench next to your four year old, talking to her, innocently, to ask her if it is okay to have a drink of her bottle of water, and then take a swig and give it back to her? Or is this sort of creepily unsanitarily uncool?

Uncool. It would be OK with a younger kid, let's say two, to pretend to drink all the water with the cap on.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
Uncool. It would be OK with a younger kid, let's say two, to pretend to drink all the water with the cap on.

don't even humor him. He and I were having an argument about whether his mom's behavior when we were growing up was okay (any of the stuff with the football team is out of bounds!). What he didn't mention is that when his mom gave my little sis the water back, mom stuck it down sis's pants. Poll: Given that, would you be a character reference at Mrs. P's parole hearing?

Originally posted by Penske_Account
It is a appropriate, at park, for another parent, whom you are acquainted with (your kids are in the same class, but you are not really social friends), who is sitting on a park bench next to your four year old, talking to her, innocently, to ask her if it is okay to have a drink of her bottle of water, and then take a swig and give it back to her? Or is this sort of creepily unsanitarily uncool?

Gross.

The Lexling may or may not have drug resistant staph, which is scary and disgusting and also scary. After something like that, you may want to suggest to the offending parent that your child is being treated for it also and you suggest she call her doctor immediately and wash her mouth out with anti-germ gel.

On a separate note - this germ crap is scary shit.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by TexLex
Gross.

The Lexling may or may not have drug resistant staph, which is scary and disgusting and also scary. After something like that, you may want to suggest to the offending parent that your child is being treated for it also and you suggest she call her doctor immediately and wash her mouth out with anti-germ gel.

On a separate note - this germ crap is scary shit.

I'm sorry to hear about this. I hope everything turns out to be a false alarm, and if not, that the treatment goes well.

Originally posted by taxwonk
I'm sorry to hear about this. I hope everything turns out to be a false alarm, and if not, that the treatment goes well.

I walked out for 5min today at 4:55 to go get the mail and the pediatrician's office called and left no message and of course it was too late to call back. Doesn't bode well, though; usually if it is bad news, they want to tell you in person.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by TexLex
Doesn't bode well, though; usually if it is bad news, they want to tell you in person.

Not necessarily. I have gotten several messages from docs saying "call me back" only to be told the test results were negative or fine or normal or whatever.

I think that the responsible docs don't want to leave messages on answering machines that they don't know for sure are accessible only to the patient.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Not necessarily. I have gotten several messages from docs saying "call me back" only to be told the test results were negative or fine or normal or whatever.

I think that the responsible docs don't want to leave messages on answering machines that they don't know for sure are accessible only to the patient.

Given the overweening sense of caution HIPAA has spawned, doctors are shy about giving information over the phone unless they know for a fact the person receiving the message will be the proper party. I go to doctors a lot, and they won't give test results to my wife, even thought they've known her for years.

It was positive. So we'll be avoiding other humans for the next 2w.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Given the overweening sense of caution HIPAA has spawned, doctors are shy about giving information over the phone unless they know for a fact the person receiving the message will be the proper party. I go to doctors a lot, and they won't give test results to my wife, even thought they've known her for years.

Ask for their authorization form, and specifically authorize them to give test results to your wife. It may help.

So says the HIPAA person.

[Paisley]

Originally posted by TexLex
It was positive. So we'll be avoiding other humans for the next 2w.

So sorry to hear that. I hope the rest of you can stay healthy. Hard enough to take care of a sick little one when you are well, worse when you are not . . .

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
So says the HIPAA person.

I was timing you.

[Paisley]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Ask for their authorization form, and specifically authorize them to give test results to your wife. It may help.

So says the HIPAA person.

Yesterday, our pediatrician's billing office said they couldn't give me a copy of the itemized billing statement for my son's recent visit that they had sent to our ins co (which I wanted so that I could cross-check it against the EOB from of the ins co) because of HIPAA. I'm guessing they think they need him (the 5 year old) to sign an authorization form allowing them to give paperwork to me.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Paisley
Yesterday, our pediatrician's billing office said they couldn't give me a copy of the itemized billing statement for my son's recent visit that they had sent to our ins co (which I wanted so that I could cross-check it against the EOB from of the ins co) because of HIPAA. I'm guessing they think they need him (the 5 year old) to sign an authorization form allowing them to give paperwork to me.

Heh. Does your kid share your last name?

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Ask for their authorization form, and specifically authorize them to give test results to your wife. It may help.

So says the HIPAA person.

I appreciate the HIPAA person's wisdom and advice, and I acknowledge she is right in theory. Unfortunately, the nurses and staff at the doctor's office are not HIPAA people. They may not know this.