I am writing this from in the emergency waiting ro...

I am writing this from in the emergency waiting room. My daughter 15 whom is the patient finally feel asleep. Only after an almost three, yes 3 hour, wait so far!!! With so few patients here I can count them on one hand. We checked in just after 10 pm after my daughter had been throwing up for several hours and experiencing diarrhea, stomach pain and a bad headache. An hour ago I asked for a warm blanket. And how much longer before we are going to be roomed? I was given the pat answer of we are just really busy, yada, yada! Shift change. I have been in the medical field over 25 years and I worked for the Centura system for many years. So I can smell the bs miles away. I am just very frustrated with the whole situation and the way things were handled, both as a mother and caregiver. As we walked into the actual er dept to be roomed I see lots of empty rooms and a few employees hangout around the Nurses station. Let s just hope that the service improves from here.