Dr. Griffiths
Oct 26th, 2007 by Bethany
Today was a red-letter day: we found an endocrinologist who Colin likes! Dr. Griffiths is an older fellow who works in an office right next to St. Vincent's Hospital. He's originally from South Africa, so he has a charming accent, and he has the also charming trait of listening to Colin when he tells him he has weird diabetes. He and his family just moved to Arkansas last year from a long sojourn in California. His RN is into technology and knows all about the different glucometers available: another plus.
He sat down with us and talked over Colin's history in a fair amount of detail, then gave Colin some revised prescriptions for what he's been taking already and told him to go home and log everything for a month and then take some lab tests and come back and see him and they'd decide what to do from there. I don't know if this guy is going to be innovative or creative enough to figure out what's really wrong with Colin, but at least he's not making him start over with basic insulin and he's not accusing him of lying. Definitely a big step in the right direction.