Question authorities
A title doesn't make anybody a professional, we must always be critical and inquisitive.
Carlotta Cerri
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Fondatrice de La Tela
18 ottobre 2020·6 commenti
You know I'm very (infinitely) selective when it comes to doctors, because I don't think a white gown makes a good doctor.
When we have health problems, we do our research thoroughly and if it doesn’t match what doctors or paediatricians say, we question the doctor's opinion and/or get a second opinion. We believe it's our responsbility to question authorities, because unfortunately holding a title doesn’t make anybody a professional.
This spared the children a lot of unnecessary antibiotics.
It spared Oliver a catheter up his penis when a simple urine test bag was enough: I will never forget the condescending look on the paediatrician’s face – he then had to admit that *I* was right.
It spared Oliver a hand X-ray which we refused to allow for a simple falling nail with no pain in the finger: "But ma'am, do you know that holding the cell phone close to your child is more dangerous than an X-ray?", I got told by the professional that day (the worst of the worst is a professional with an ego, as it immediately escalates to abuse of power).
It spared myself more weeks in the hospital when the professionals thought an antibiotic was working – "she has no fever", they said – while they were also filling me up with painkillers (which they didn't communicate to me): I insisted that they stopped giving me painkillers and the high fever returned immediately. After a week of just waiting, this is when they realized they had to put in a thicker drainage – with more pain and more time in the hospital.
The list could go on, but the point is: a title does't make anybody a professional. We must always be critical and inquisitive, and question authorities, especially when it's about our health.
When we have health problems, we do our research thoroughly and if it doesn’t match what doctors or paediatricians say, we question the doctor's opinion and/or get a second opinion. We believe it's our responsbility to question authorities, because unfortunately holding a title doesn’t make anybody a professional.
This spared the children a lot of unnecessary antibiotics.
It spared Oliver a catheter up his penis when a simple urine test bag was enough: I will never forget the condescending look on the paediatrician’s face – he then had to admit that *I* was right.
It spared Oliver a hand X-ray which we refused to allow for a simple falling nail with no pain in the finger: "But ma'am, do you know that holding the cell phone close to your child is more dangerous than an X-ray?", I got told by the professional that day (the worst of the worst is a professional with an ego, as it immediately escalates to abuse of power).
It spared myself more weeks in the hospital when the professionals thought an antibiotic was working – "she has no fever", they said – while they were also filling me up with painkillers (which they didn't communicate to me): I insisted that they stopped giving me painkillers and the high fever returned immediately. After a week of just waiting, this is when they realized they had to put in a thicker drainage – with more pain and more time in the hospital.
The list could go on, but the point is: a title does't make anybody a professional. We must always be critical and inquisitive, and question authorities, especially when it's about our health.
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Carlotta Cerri
– Fondatrice de La Tela
Sono la fondatrice de La Tela, creatrice del podcast Educare con calma e dal 2019 viaggio a tempo pieno con la mia famiglia Alex, Oliver ed Emily. Mi ritengo una visionaria pessimista: so come voglio cambiare l’educazione e che genitore ho scelto di essere, ma la maggior parte dei giorni mi sembra di scalare pareti di vetro. Ma forse proprio per questo so come aiutarti quando mi scrivi: perché ci passo anche io per quel disagio e ti dico le verità scomode con gentilezza e senza giudizio.
