Most of yall know the multitude of doctors that Cohen has seen over the last 2 years. We have adored each and every one and are so thankful for their care. Cohen's Pediatric Endocrinologist had a massive stroke last week and is at UMC right now. I am not sure of his prognosis at this time. Besides her pediatrician, the endocrinologidt is the "lead dr" in her care being that majority of her diagnosis are endocrine related. Needless to say we are DEVASTATED! He is from Peurto Rico and moved here a few years ago and has had a huge impact in our community with his outreach to childhood obesity. As far as I know, he had no family here and loved his patients so much that he continued to stay here. Please pray for him and his recovery during this time.
With that being said, we have no idea when/if he might return to his practice. There a very, very few board certified pediatric endocrinologist around this area. There is 1 at UMC and the possibility of another one that we know of. I hate to start over with someone new but we have no choice at this time. We are also cosidering a dr at UAB. If you have any feedback on the drs at UMC, please let me know. It would be great if we could have her care centralized there but we are very apprehensive. Also, we have no idea how long it will take us to get in to a new dr. Initially, it was 3 months for us to get in and now that his whole practice will be trying to get in... we have no idea what to do. We are at a loss at the moment, poor Dr Flowers...now I will be bugging him for everything until we get this figured out!!
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