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I hope your daughter is well now.

A reminder to folks. Your ER doc may not be certified in ER medicine. Sometimes you get a less than competent physician in the ER. Why? Check your states regs concerning who can cover an ER. Heck, you may get someone who does not have the requisite skill set to care for acute care patients even though by law they can practice in that setting.

When my daughter was an infant her peditrician suggested we use gentian violet for a case of thrush my daughter had. The doctor told us to ignore the skull and crossbones that indicated poison as the amount would be small. I may not be the brightest tool in the shed but neither I nor my wife were going to let our little one ingest anything that said "do not ingest".

Out of curiousity I went to speak to the pharmacist. The pharmacist shook his head and said the proper formula would have to be made up. The proper formula was an aqueous solution and not one made with alcohol. We changed perdiatricians PDQ!

Medicine is an art not an exact scince. There are Rembrandts and there are guys who could not paint a wall. YOU must advocate for yourself! Ask questions and find out your rights. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.