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By Moriah on June 5th, 2009
So this morning turned out a lot differently than I expected… I had an appointment with my midwife scheduled for 9 and took Drew along with me because I was hoping to be able to get his stitches removed at his pediatrician’s office afterwards.
When we walked in, the receptionist told me she was with a patient at the hospital and would be back around 9:30. So Drew and I left and went to the store, which worked out well anyway since we’re celebrating Madeline’s birthday tomorrow.
Got back to the office and ended up waiting well over another full hour!! But it’s one of those things where you don’t know how long you’ll end up waiting and hate to leave in case you’re going to be seen in the next five minutes.
They have toys and books in the waiting room, and I did get some good time alone with Drew. (Even though he bugged me the whole time about how he did NOT want to get his stitches out. The boy is relentless.)
My actual appointment was quick and easy and we were soon on our happy way to his. (Er, I was on my happy way, he wasn’t quite so enthusiastic.) It was close to lunch so I didn’t know if they’d be able to squeeze us in or not but they said to go ahead and come.
He panicked, and it’s no wonder with the trauma of getting the stitches in. But once she had snipped a couple of them he realized it didn’t hurt after all and he was calm for the rest of the ordeal. Plus I’d brought him a new Lightning McQueen car (he had lost his other one and has been asking for a replacement for some time now) and that successfully distracted him. Nothing a little bit of materialism can’t fix.
It’s gross. There might be some lingering gravel in there because it’s started to ooze (I know, sorry) a little. But the stitches are out and we just have to keep Neosporin on it and keep it bandaged and all that. She put him on a different antibiotic in case there IS anything in there that’s keeping it from healing clean.
All that to say, those two appointments and staying up late last night to clean wiped me out. Thankfully my older kids play well without my supervision and I was able to take a quick snooze on the sofa while Adelaide napped in her bed.
I think we’re going to stick around here and make cupcakes tonight. Because what birthday is good without cake?!
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Isn’t it funny how waiting around can be so exhausting? Especially for pregnant women? Even when I scheduled my appointments first thing in the morning, it was so hard to have energy for anything else that day.
ah! yes, that. I think I met some once…
Glad you both survived.
Drs appts are so tough with kids. Yours and theirs! Glad you all made it through.
Hope all is well!