Dr. Tanikqua Denyale Moore, MD

AFTER VISITNG THE OFFICE PREVIOUSLY AND SEEING ANOTHER PHYSICIAN IN THE SAME OFFICE, MY SON WAS SENT HOME WITH ANTIBIOTICS AND TOLD THAT THE LUMP IN HIS NECK WAS JUST SWOLEN GLANDS. IM NOT A DR, BUT I KNOW THAT SWOLLEN GLANDS USUALLY MEANS INFECTION, HOWEVER NO BLOOD WAS DRAWN,AND HIS THROAT WAS SWABBED WHICH CAME BACK NEGATIVE.HE ALSO HAD NO EAR INFECTION. SO AFTER DETERMINING THAT HE HAD A LUMP IN HIS NECK, A FEVER, NO EAR INFECTION, NO STREP THROAT, HE WAS JUST MERELY SENT HOME WITH ANTIBIOTICS. SO AFTER THE LUMP STILL DID NOT GO DOWN I TOOK HIM BACK, AND LUCKILY WE SAW DR MOORE!! SHE DREW BLOOD AND SCHEDULED A CAT SCAN AT CHILDREN'S TO DETERMINE WHY HE HAD A PAINFUL LUMP IN HIS NECK AND A FEVER...I WOULD SAY WITHIN AN HOUR OF LEAVING CHILDREN'S I WAS CALLED TO COME BACK "IMMEDIATELY"!!! MY SON HAD AN ABCESS IN HIS NECK. MRSA WAS THE DIAGNOSIS!!!! I CAN ONLY PRAY AND THANK GOD THAT WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME THAT HE WAS MISDIAGNOSED FROM THE TIME THAT HE WAS SENT TO CHILDREN'S, THAT… IT DID NOT BURST WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A CERTAIN DEATH FOR MY 3 YEAR OLD BABY BOY!!! HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 2 DAYS AND TREATED EVERY 4 HRS WITH EXTENSIVE ROUNDS OF ANTIBIOTICS, AND WHILE WE WERE IN THE HOSPITAL I RECIVED AT LEAST ONE PHONE CALL PER DAY FROM DR MOORE CHECKING ON THE CONDITION OF MY SON!!! ALSO WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL DURING THE CATSCAN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE HAS A PERMANENT CONDITION KNOWN AS CHIARI'S MALFORMATION- A BRAIN STEM MALFORMATION, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THAT OCCURENCE AND THOSE CAT SCANS,I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THIS. IF I COULD FIND OUT IF AND WHERE SHE IS PRACTICING CURRENTLY, IF IN MOBILE, I WOULD TAKE AN ANNUAL TRIP TO SEE HER FOR TREATMENT.