Two years is too damn long.
Two years is too damn long. Let me paint a picture. Your kid is in pain. He's having bowel accidents - the kind that are embarrassing, unpredictable. You pack extra clothing in every bag. You know the location of every public bathroom. You've cleaned up messes in stores, on school field trips, in the car, pretending like this is normal. Like you're not dying inside watching your kid go through this. You get told by doctor that it will be a year before you can speak to a paediatrician. And if you need a paediatric GI specialist? That's another 12 to 24 months. But wait - it gets worse. We did get a referral sent in. Our family physician, who knows us, who sees my child, who agreed this wasn't normal - sent the referral to a GI. They sent it back. Denied. Not accepted. Because it didn't come from a paediatrician. Not because my kid doesn't need care. Not because the issue isn't real. But because the wrong type of doctor as...