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My newborn experienced an arithmya at birth so we ...

My newborn experienced an arithmya at birth so we were told to go to Children's to have it checked. We spent hours in the ER, met four different doctors and all of them felt our newborn was healthy and the issues would sort out over a few weeks. What a relief! However, when we were told we were getting discharged, it got changed 30mins later saying we would need to stay for overnight observation. Then an hour after that this poor nurse has to tell us they're sorry for the wait but the doctor's are all debating whether we need to stay or leave. Mind you, thos is within my first 24hrs of delivering a child and sitting in their limbo was beyond insensitive. Never mind the fact that we have other children being cared for with family members and we couldn't keep them updated. We stayed over night, met 2 more doctor but were told of others looking at our child's chart which was apparently normal. This is all important because we eventually got charges for 9 separate doctors when we only met 6 for extremely brief moments, but because others "offered opinion" we got charged for that. The next day we were told we'd be discharged after 11am. After nearly 3 hrs of seeing NO ONE I sent my husband to find anyone who could give us information and we were told someone forgot to submit the discharge papers. It's amazing to me how an "allstar" hospital makes these errors. So now after we've received our bills and had been paying a monthly minimum we can afford, both bills got sent to collections for full amounts. Don't worry, I'll be disputing this, I'm only letting everyone know to be aware and ask questions during your stay. I should have demanded so much more during our time, but I was exhausted from my labor and the medical go-around. Yes I'm thankful my newborn could receive excellent care, beyond disappointed in how everything during and beyond was handled.

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