Appointments and Getting Better

Today was Melanie's appointment for school. Didn't know I was WAY behind that bus, but I am. So, off we went to the doctor first thing this morning. She'd been having a little bit of a fever/cough/drainage. We decided to have her all checked out for everything. Besides, for any of you Tricare folks... getting an appointment is a NIGHTMARE!! Good thing her problems came around her appointment! Julia came along (because it was so stinkin early in the morning) and it ended up working out alright. I guess I navigated the clinic well today because our "check up" only took 3 hours!! WOOOHOO!! She had waxy maxies clogging her right ear - so she needed that irrigated and is all better with that. Then, she we off to the Lab for routine blood tests - we grabbed a number at the pharmacy on the way there in hopes we wouldn't have to wait an additional hour or so after all the "work" was done. So... we waited and waited and checked back at the pharmacy twice. The second time was the charm this time around and we saw we were only 2 numbers away! We jumped in and got her medication for her congestion/cough. Then... back to the lab in hopes they hadn't already called our name for the blood work! We waited there for 15 minutes or so (couldn't really tell because they took all the clocks off the walls so people have NO clue how long they actually wait). Finally, we got the blood work done and she was a TROOPER and won herself a Barbie bandaid and a BlowPop. Then off to immunizations to get the TB test needed for school and make sure she was up to date. She will need to go back after her birthday next month and get a few boosters - but at least that is all we'll need next month. Since Julia was along for the ride, we finally got her her 18 month shots (only 14 months late)!! She is up to date now... although probably not really liking me. AND... she won herself a lollipop - and a few regular bandaids. Now my children are up to date on where they should be and will hopefully be "low maintenance" for the next little bit. YAY! Oh... and as an up note - I have been able to sleep lying down for the past few nights now. I had a pretty uninterrupted night last night and am ENTIRELY grateful for that. Hooray! I go for my glucose test tomorrow morning and then have my OB appointment next week - followed by Julia's check up the week after that! We'll eventually get all of this down...... someday....