Medical clearance issues

Aug 5, 2018

Since we have only been in FL for a short time and my son is healthy, I had not yet established a pediatrician for him. This is turning into a huge problem now that I need someone to sign off on clearing him to move overseas. Now that it's close to school starting, all of the local pediatricians are booked out, and the clinic I took him to acted like I was trying to do something shady and referred us to another clinic that, it turns out, doesn't provide this service. Just to add to the anxiety, my son's pediatrician in WA retired a few months ago and closed her practice, so I can't even reach out to her. Any suggestions?

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HelpOthers That is so strange that you are encountering this issue. I remember they had an employment physical, which is what my husband did and they had health physicals, which is what the kids did. Then, they just typed on letterhead that they were healthy enough to travel overseas. It seems odd that less than a year later, your local ones are giving denyin...See More

Aug 10, 2018

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HelpOthers They also had some of their vaccines done.

Aug 10, 2018

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someday Did you get this worked out? If not you can drive over to Orlando and use the place I used. They are open on the weekend and they only charge 20 dollars I think. Plus you can just have them look at my file for the letter example.

Aug 10, 2018

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WA_Counselor I went to every urgent care clinic in Port Saint Lucie, and nobody would do it. Since school in FL has started, but school in WA hasn't, I've sent my son to WA to stay with his dad in hopes I can avoid having to enroll him in school for a week in the states, only to pull him out and enroll him in school at our duty station. I have an appointment se...See More

Aug 17, 2018

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Couple of Questions My husband's the teacher, so he had his done somewhere different than the kids and I. We just went to Kroger (supermarket, chain that includes including Ralphs, Fry's, King Soopers and Food 4 Less) and had it done at the clinic there. We just went in, showed 'em the paperwork, and asked them to write the statement at the top. No problems.

Aug 17, 2018

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