O Lord! Draw my son from the evil..!!! Go..go..stay away from my son!

Dr Zainal Ariffin, my doctor at SMC (Selangor Medical Centre) suggested us brought Danial meet Dr ....(nama dirahsiakan...), the pediatric neurologist at S_MC who happened to be Dr Zainal's wife's colleague when both of them worked together at Hospital Selayang. And according to Dr Zainal, Dr 'she whose name should not be mentioned', was the only pediatric neurologist in the area. Since i have been seeing Dr Zainal for many years, i trusted his advise.

A pediatric neurologist...emmmm...the title sounded soooo professional..and there we were, my husband and me, with our hyperactive Danial, all set to meet this Dr 'she whose name should not be mentioned'. Yes...we wanted to give Danial the best right? So of course that would include bringing him to see the best doctor we could afford to right?"Ahmad Danial Ahmad Kushairi!" the doc's assistant called...Danial was still running around the waiting area while his dad ran behind him in the effort of getting hold of his hand..."alamak...eh bang, u keja la Danial, i masuk dulu clinic ea?" I told my husband.So, i entered the doc's clinic first..."mane anak!??"...asked doc 'she whose name should not be mentioned' dengan kasarnye.(aik...kasarnye doc ni...dlm ati i berkata...)"owh, die belari lari, the father is trying to catch him. They will join me in a short while..." said me trying to compose myself. Then Danial and his dad entered. As usual my husband would smile at the doc as a mean of respecting her position of course, pediatric neurologist la katakan..."ha! turun kan anak tu. Bia aje die...i will observe him while we talk..."

"a..kenapa dengan die??" asked the doc 'she whose name should not be mentioned' dengan tegasnya for what reason god knows why...(aku buat salah ke?? yang die ni defensive tak pasal2 ni nape? dlm ati i berkata lagi...)

"my family pediatrician observed Danial a few months ago and pointed out the possibility of him being autistic. We are here because we were suggested to see a pediatric neurologist to rule out any problems which...." my explaination was stopped by the ringging on the doc's handphone...

"ape?? no..no...bukan 2 sudu...satu sudu sudah! Dah..jangan tepon mama lagi! Kan mama dah bagi instruction tadi!" snapped the doc 'she whose name should not be mentioned' to the caller whom i presumed to be one of her kids. And in the effort of avoiding anymore distraction from the handphone, she abruptly switch off the phone and practically threw the phone on the desk...right in front of me! From the corner of my eyes, i could see my husband started to show his disapproving look. "i was saying that we want Danial to..." i tried to continue with my explaination..."diam!" snapped this saiko..opps...Dr 'she whose name should not be mentioned'. " i am observing him now.." ...she claimed. So diam la i ni...ye la, pediatric neurologist wanted to observe la katakan...Danial was then sitting on the floor playing with some lousy toys in the clinic...me and my hubby sat quietly...no sound made (takut juga kang doc ni jadik vampire ke ape terkam kat we all ke kan...). Danial was playing with the toys with his legs bent backwards like a 'frog' style tu..."ha!! duduk tu..haram tu duduk cara tu!"...the doc suddenly spoke...

(I was telling myself at that instant ~ ha??? haram???? O that's it!! I am not going to tolerate anymore of this for another second!) At that point..i did not listen to any thing that came out of the doc's mouth...i didn't give a damn if she was a pediatric neurologist or not...i think a 'saiko'logist would be more appropriate for what she potrayed to us. She finally stopped talking (god knows what she said...). My husband suddenly picked up Danial from the floor and without looking at the doc, told me that he and Danial will wait outside the clinic. Still trying to sound nice to this woman who was labelled as the pediatric neurologist...i requested for a reference for Danial for my record...."tengok la nanti...ha u tengok la ni, bape tebal fail2 yang i kena refer ni..so your son ni...tengok la ujung bulan ke....tp lagi 6 bulan bawak die datang lagi bole la tengok lagi development die".I just smiled and just walked out of the clinic.

To this doc 'she whose name should not be mentioned' - See you in 6 months time? Are you kidding me?? u bet this will be my last time bringing my son to you...I will not allow you set your eyes on my son ever again even if you are the last doc alive on this planet!

To parents out there:

Yes, of course we would like to give the best therapy and the best doctor or specialist for our kids. But, trust your instinct as parents. No one..and..no one in this world that know our kids more than we do. So, in the effort of wanting the best for our kids..at the end of the day...look into your heart and use your intelligent judgement to decide what would be the best for them...