Have I told you how lucky I am?
I know, I've told you a lot. Well, today is a lucky day and I'm not stating that with any bit of sarcasm. It was 7:35am and I was brushing darling daughter's hair and BAM! A huge thunderbolt sound came from outside and all our power went out
How is it lucky to lose all my electricity? I'm off work today. Told you I'm lucky. On a normal Monday, this would have been devastating since I work from home. Not today, we have an 11:00 appointment with our pediatrician for a well being visit for my eldest, then we are heading downtown to see Dr. Wonderful Dentist for his 3 month check-in.
Today was supposed to be the meeting with the developmental pediatrician, but it was rescheduled to Friday. So I made the most of the day and got the appointment with the standard pediatrician, just in time for the flu season, his birthday/wellness visit, and an update on his ADHD prescription. Lucky, I am for sure!
The appointment with Dr. Wonderful Dentist should be a good one. Good one for unleashing the power of Meg: the Mom Advocate Superior. Dr. Dentist has still failed to write the letter regarding the genetically linked syndromes that he wants the Genius Geneticist to look at for our appointment in March. Along with that, Dr. Wonderful Dentist has never called our pediatrician, nor the endocrinologist, as he stated he would when we met with him this summer. You'd better believe I will be 'recapping' our appointments and his unkept promises, all nicely recorded in my notepad.
Today I will throw down my terms. He said at our last appointment, after standing us up all summer 'You are too nice.' Little does he know. Today I will directly call him out if he gets interrupted from our meeting with other office business as he did to us during our last visit. I will also demand we put together a plan for the eldest's teeth. Period. We need to find out what we are doing about his missing 7 missing teeth, and his 2 loose ones. The kid is starting to pop out 2 new bottom teeth, but those were initially lost 5 years ago...we can't wait for 5+ years for these others to come in, while the rest fall out.
In addition to making him address his teeth, I'm going to make him sit down & write the letter to the geneticist...while we wait. Wonderful Husband and I both have off work this afternoon for the appointment so we have nothing but time on our side.
I will partner with Dr. Wonderful Dentist, as I try to do with all these special need resources, however, I have a limit...and if we are still nowhere with Dr. Wonderful Dentist through March when we meet with the head of Genetics at Children's Memorial, Dr. Wonderful Dentist will be kicked to the curb like our former neurologist.
Putting my own limit on things is what makes advocating possible. An adoptive mom told me this when I was young and married without kids, and just about to embark on my quest to solve my infertility with assistive reproductive technology. This mom's advice was to put a time limit on it all, something I feel comfortable with, because otherwise the doctors will want to keep try and keep trying things indefinitely. I've lived by this advice every since...we will try things for x amount of time...if it doesn't work, then we change it.
Today is going to be a good day...even with the power out.
UPDATE...I started writing this blog after I got home from a nice breakfast out at Panera since I had not yet brewed my coffee. And guess what? The power is back on. Just in time for me to publish this post, shower and get ready for appointment #1.
Lucky, I am!
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