You're Fired!

I fired Kasia's doctor today.

Unfortunately, it didn't play out with drama and hysterics like it did it my own head so many times, but the deed has finally been done. Although I hadn't taken Kasia to see this butthole of the medical society since she was 18 months old, I had never officially fired him. This fact led to the following phone call which I received yesterday, which in turn led to the Official Firing.

The gist of the phone call was this:

Receptionist: Hi there, I'm calling for Kay-see-ah's updated health card number.

Me: Really? Well you know I haven't taken Kash-a (heavy emphasis on the proper pronunciation) there for almost 2 years. Why would you need her health card number?

Receptionist: Well that doesn't matter - he saw her when she was in the hospital in January.

Me: silence

Receptionist: When she was in the hospital..... in January...... he saw her so we just need the new version code on her card.

Me: I understand that, buy WHY do you need the new code? For what reason?

(Knowing what's coming, I try not to lose it.)

Receptionist: Well we need it for billing purposes.

(Awkward........ and she knows it)

Me: YOU BILL FOR THAT?? FOR HIM POKING HIS HEAD IN THE DOOR WHEN HE WAS ALREADY IN THE HOSPITAL??

Blah blah blah....I give her the code, we hang up.


I thought about it all night. This jackass has the nerve to bill for poking his head into Kasia's hospital room, never coming within 10 feet of her, never saying a word to her, muttering a few words to me about how he had seen her name on the patient roster..... silly me, I thought he had stopped by as a courtesy to our family. After all, he's the doctor to half of Dino's family and unfortunately me as well.

After all of the horrible things he'd said to us, I just couldn't let him continue to think that he was still Kasia's doctor. He doesn't even know her or anything about her. He's got no idea that she not only walks, but runs. Or that she can name all the Backyardigans and every last one of her body parts. Mainly, he's got no clue about how much joy she's brought to our lives, I guess because people like him can't grasp how that's even possible.