Missing the Joke
When the doctor opened his mouth, he burst into laughter and even had tears in his eyes. She was embarrassed and angry, feeling that he’d disrespected her. This is why she hated the hospital; she was vulnerable and needed help and got laughed at!
Attention-Grabbing
To show the doctor how serious this situation was, she got Tom out of the stroller, lifting his shirt to see the peeling and red rash. Finally, the doctor realized it wasn’t a prank from his colleagues; he felt terrible for laughing at the distraught mom.