Doctors to Disney hotels

[aussietravellers]

My son is needing to see a dr (severe toe infection, had antibiotics before coming but finished and has flared up again really badly). I would prefer not to have to drive anywhere and guest services in the lobby gave a list of Drs and hospitals near by and the list includes "house call physicians" who come to the hotel room. Has anybody used them? Are they ok?

The list says that Disney does not approve or recommend any on the list so was really hoping that someone may have used them. There is only one childrens hospital on the list so I assume that the house call physicians see children too. It is just such a long list, well 8 different places, so not really sure which to go to, would love to hear from anyone who has used the housecall drs

Thanks

 

[3TinksAndAnEeyore]

HydroGuy used a doctor he wrote highly of on one of his previous trips...hold that thought and I'll see if I can find where it's posted and if it includes the doctor's name.

 

[3TinksAndAnEeyore]

Found it! Here's the link: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=886607

Here's the information from Post 4 on the thread:

"The doctor (her name was Dr. Klyd, a former ER physician) showed up promptly at 1:15PM and examined the two most serious ear aches first which were DS2 and DS4. Each one had an ear infection. Dr. Klyd prescribed antibiotics and some ear drops, but also carried the antibiotics and ear drops with her, and was able to give us the medications right there in the hotel. This saved us a visit to a local pharmacy during our DL time. Very cool.

So Dr. Klyd did all of the paperwork for the two ear infections, and then graciously volunteered to examine the other two boys without doing the paperwork. They both had ear infections as well. But since she did not do any paperwork for them, she did not need to charge for the other two which saved us or our insurance company about $700. We had Dr. Klyd talk to our doctor in Colorado to let them know what was happening so we could get more antibiotics for the other two, and we picked these up on the way out of Anaheim on Aug 5. In the meantime, we used the antibiotics and ear drops prescribed for DS2 and DS4 for all four boys.

The medical service we used and now recommend is: HouseCall Physicians, (800) 362-7911. Their website is www.housecallphysicians.org. This saved our DL trip, because we would have had four sick kids on Day 4 which would have been a real struggle."

 

[aussietravellers]

Thank you SOOOOO much for that!!!!!

That is what I wanted to hear, a good reference, so I will go ahead and call them.

 

[ACDSNY]

Great find 3TinksAndAnEeyore! I filed it away for future trips.

 

[HydroGuy]

HydroGuy used a doctor he wrote highly of on one of his previous trips...hold that thought and I'll see if I can find where it's posted and if it includes the doctor's name.

Thanks Steph! When I saw the thread title I was going to dig up my old trip report from 2005 but you were very diligent to find it.

BTW, we have Bob and Marion showing up this afternoon. I heard you will see them after Christmas. Have a great one!

 

[kaoden39]

I hope everything went well.

 

[3TinksAndAnEeyore]

Thanks Steph! When I saw the thread title I was going to dig up my old trip report from 2005 but you were very diligent to find it.

BTW, we have Bob and Marion showing up this afternoon. I heard you will see them after Christmas. Have a great one!

I figured you would see it and post, but it was sounding like something aussietravelers would want to deal with right away. Poor little guy, a sore toe while at Disneyland is no fun! Your experience had stuck in my mind since our last two overnight visits had resulted in mild ailments with one or another of the DDs!

Good luck with the visit!!!


Aussietravelers, let us know how your DS is doing!