California 2 Puerto Rico » Healthcare http://ca2pr.com Our life in Rincon, Puerto Rico... Tue, 22 May 2012 02:03:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Daddy Videos are Starting Already http://ca2pr.com/2009/03/02/daddy-videos-are-starting-already/ http://ca2pr.com/2009/03/02/daddy-videos-are-starting-already/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:33:41 +0000 Stefan http://ca2pr.com/?p=891 If you listen close enough, you’ll here Summer call me a nerd while I am videotaping her getting her blood pressure taken. Well, I have embraced nerdism to its fullest extent working on computers all day, and I guess I am my fathers son because I have no problem busting out the camera and doing what I want to do despite the social pressure of sitting back and not rocking the boat.

Despite sitting around the waiting room for hours, learning new things about our baby along with seeing and hearing her again is amazing. Here is a video I took and edited using iMovie to give you an idea of what a twenty-week check up is all about. Seriously, the only thing I edited out of this was the wait in the waiting room, which I certainly wasn’t recording anyway.

]]> http://ca2pr.com/2009/03/02/daddy-videos-are-starting-already/feed/ 4 Doctor “Appointments” in Puerto Rico http://ca2pr.com/2009/03/01/doctor-appointments-in-puerto-rico/ http://ca2pr.com/2009/03/01/doctor-appointments-in-puerto-rico/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:37:19 +0000 Summer http://ca2pr.com/?p=887 Stefan and I recently went to our doctor in Mayaguez for a routine pregnancy check up and to find out the sex of our baby. Like good patients, we showed up 10 minutes early and checked in for our 11am appointment. We then proceeded to wait. And wait. And wait some more until the doctor finally got around to seeing us nearly 3 HOURS later. By that time, the excitement of finding out the sex of our baby was long gone and we were both just annoyed and sick of waiting. After waiting for so long, the doctor tried to hurry us through the appointment (I got weighed, blood pressure taken and the doctor listened to the babies heartbeat) and she wasn’t even going to do an ultrasound so that we could find out the sex. I insisted being as that is the only reason we were really there (we found out we are having a girl).

Any how, back to my point: doctors appointments in Puerto Rico. Apparently, you’re “appointment” is not an actual appointment at all. The doctor schedules a block of patients for 11am and those patients are supposed to be seen somewhere between 11am and 12pm. The doctor even told us not to bother to show up at the time of our appointment and typically you should show up 30 minutes late and if there are a bunch of people in the waiting room, that you can just leave and reschedule for another time. How stupid is that?! I’ve had much better service at free clinics in on the mainland. SO annoying. I have a feeling that giving birth in Puerto Rico is going to be a nightmare…

Para su conveniencia les estare attendiendo en su cita por hora. Este sistema le facilitara el tiempo de espera y su comodidad en la sala. Usted debera acudir a su hora asignada, ni antes ne despues para que todas las pacientes se beneficien de este sistema. Agradecere su respaldo y cooperacion al respecto. De haber una comlication duranted el dia, como un parto o una emergencia, mis secretarias se lo comunicaran a usted.
Rough Translation of the reception sign:

For your convenience we will be running appointments by the hour. This system will provide the waiting time and comfort in the room. You should come on your assigned hours, not before or after so that all patients can benefit from this system. We appreciate your support and cooperation. If a complication occurs during the day such as a delivery or an emergency, my secretaries will inform you.

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