Gentle Dental, Compassionate Care

This blog is dedicated to my new Dentist, Dr Misko of Caro Mi, and Dr Sohl of the Clevaland Clinic and St Mary's of Saginaw. I have been in many situations where I needed alot of medical care. I have given 10 teeth to the "tooth fairy" as an adult, and had 4 surgeries, 2 were over 3 months of a 7 month sickness. There is a certian amount of compassion involved in good medical care. Bedside manner and compassion are not always the same. My son was very sick at 2 years old, his doctor was very frank and did not comment much, however he missed a flight to Florida to make sure my son was admitted into a hospital. That was alot of compassion.. Dr Misko has the best of both worlds. I have noticed that even in the heat of an uncopperative tooth pulling, he always calls his assistants by their names. He never barks, and he does this while speaking to his patients in a very soft spoken manner.

I had a very deeply rooted incisor, that should have been a quick pull, take ten minutes. Dr. Misko kept assuring me that he was so sorry, and he always called his assistant Bree, by her name, before he asked for anything. He asked me if I needed any more numbing shots. He was worried I didn't have enough valium in my system to keep me calm. It was wearing off, but his constant assurance made it easy to just stay put. Did I mention that after being sick for so long, I have a huge fear of needles?

During my stay at Covenant health care in Saginaw, I had a doctor who was horrificly rude, he woke me up and demanded to know why I has asked for him to see me. I told him that I was told by my surgeon at another hospital, to ask for him if I had to be admitted in Saginaw. Mr. Proctologist yelled at me, and made my cry. He asked why I thought he could see me there, and not at his office. I threw my pillow at him and told him not to bother. The doctor on the floor that day came by to see why I was angry. I told her about what happened. She has plenty of great bedside manner, but was almost mocking me with her drip and drivel, speaking to me like I was a child. It made me even angrier. I didn't need a pacifier, I needed a specialist to help me quit bleeding, and get me out of bed, before I lost my mind. Then I met Dr Sohl. He is much like Dr. Misko. He was worried about my pain, and he was compassionate, but not "drippy". He spoke to his nurses with admiration. Even though I was three months healing from the operation he did, I felt that he really cared about my situation each time I went to his office. I just want to say that I appreciate doctors who care about people and thier patients, and a good doctor or dentist is priceless..