Monday was a bit of a knock off the daily school routine. Two of my kiddos had a midday doctor appointment. I try to keep Mondays and Fridays open for appointments for myself or the kiddos. Instead of having to reschedule therapy sessions it's just easier to have days set aside. Another mom hack for me is that I always try to schedule as many kiddos for an appointments as possible. Flu shots are our lucky exception for all the kids to get them at one time. On average I can get two to three kids for any dental or doctor appointment to be seen together. I also put off a few appointments so that more kiddos can be seen together. With babies I try to schedule around as often as baby needs to go. Luckily I now have four kiddos with close birthdays and two that are able to be closely stretched to those. We have a January, two April, July, and two September Birthdays. Makes it a little harder for birthday's, but great for appointments. Aftermy oldest two we hit the snag with Doctors and traveled around a bit.
Never really needing anything special or felt it really mattered until my third son was born. When Declan was 6 months old we started to realize he just wasn't growing like he should, wasn't making mile markers with weight gain and stature. The current doctor at the time kind of brushed it off and so the search began for a new doctor. Luckily my mother in law had the best solution. Her youngest children were seeing a doctor since they were younger that moved mountains for them, and made the adjustment after learning they were on the spectrum easier. With knowing our kids might have a chance at those possibilities as well, along with knowing my husbands family history we felt it best to switch. Best decision ever! We've had to travel here and there over the last 8 years as she has moved practices, with the longest journey now being a 45 minute to hour away. Still worth it. Even with the long wait times to get in to see her. Goodness knows the length of having to wait what seems like forever in the waiting room with bored children all cooped up. Sill worth it. Anymore we plan the whole day for travel, waiting, the doctor, more waiting, generally shots, or updating prescriptions for kiddos therapy, then the happy release from the office. With Hopes to get out of the town before the traffic hits. Lately we've also taken to bringing a book to read together to help pass the time.
We are currently waiting on my son Quentin to be re-evaluated at the therapy office we attend for speech therapy. His last test in late August he didn't qualify due to aging out and being between age groups. This October we are hoping his lack of pronouncing sounds and his growth in gesturing will make it easier to qualify. Then we'll have three for speech therapy.
This particular visit the doctor brought up my little Lincoln's eye without prompting from me. My husband noticed at about two or three months that one of his lids tends to droop. I myself brushed it off as something he'd grow out of just like our other kiddos that had birth marks on their eye or back of the head/neck. Also with me constantly around our youngest I tend not to notice as much until recently when having taken a picture or as my spouse or other children have held him.
Naturally the mom in me doesn't want anything wrong with my little one, but having the doctor notice, it's time for me to face the facts. There's a droop to my little snickerdoodle's left eye. Time to start the next step, we have an appointment set up for the children's hospital in November. Our doctor mentioned the possibility of two muscles in the lid possibly causing the droop, that they have an easy surgery for. Ugh the word surgery has loops going through my heart, stomach, and mind. In that order.
It was hard enough this last August seeing my oldest get stitches this last time. Not the glue or temporary, though luckily not staples. I thank every star I see, but all the same stitchess over the silliest of occurrence of a pine cone from our backyard having tripped him while putting his bike away before dinner. Yes the doctor made it seem easy and simple but non the less my heart hurts even thinking about it. Let alone knowing it might well enough need to be done, all for his benefit. I know it sounds petty and vain but I also grudgingly wonder of the scar that will leave, or if it be better to leave as is. Maybe since he's so young that yes he'll little faster recovery, but will it really be better to put off till later where he might not have as much of a chance to bother and irritate a recovery site above his eye with a simple baby tired rubbing of his little eyes.
I know as a mom I'm probably jumping and of course thinking the worst but what mother doesn't, right? I'm thankful I have healthy children, and to another mother facing surgeries. The hardships everyday, or every few months my worries are truly nothing. Again petty little nothings. I truly don't think my little's are better than another's but my heart goes out for the mommas that do have to face these obstacles, all of you one dynamite mommas. Warriors that have my biggest solute and my thought's go out for you and your little's. I'm also thankful for my mom for having eased my mind even if just the slightest. Having mentioned she had recently watched on a show them discussing the same lid drooping issue and the possibility of therapy. To hope for the possibility of waiting and doing therapy with learning eye exercises to help improve his droop brings me some comfort. But as I also know time will tell come November. For any of you that have faced similar experiences I implore you to reach out and help ease my momma heart and guilt for my Little Lincoln and look forward to a little insight as to what may lay ahead.
After our appointment I naturally headed out to my mom's for a little comfort as well as time for the kiddos to enjoy grandma time. We got to talk while watching the kiddos play. lots ot little hands raided mom's candy stash in the fridge and a shared bag of chips before heading out to our neighborhood park for the kiddos to get some play time in.
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