Donna, I couldn't agree more!!! I'm so sorry your daughter has to deal with all that.

I'd been sick for over five freaking years before I actually found a doctor that thought I could have crohn's. How come it took all that time, countless (around 40) visits to doctors-INCLUDING UCLA specialists, to finally diagnose me? Crohn's is NOT rare and my symptoms are text book...

I have VERY little faith in doctors and vets as well. How come I can basically CURE my Micah by feeding him the raw diet when all these vets want to cut him open and give him powerful drugs that wont fix him, but make him sicker???

Explain those two things to me. I'm bitter too....

I basically feel (and have learned through all this...see?? There's ALWAYS a lesson learned!!) that you need to be a huge part of your own medical care, as well as, if not especially, the care of animals and children.

Doctors and vets ARE just people. We've been raised to think they can do anything, and they can't. I guess I wouldn't totally blaim a doctor or vet, as long as I was an active patient.

I did vote "yes", there are always idiot people that shouldn't be practicing ANYTHING!!