It's Official

We have a walker on our hands AND we are PROUD PROUD PROUD!

I have been waiting for this day to come and it actually came on Thursday May 21st. He just decided that he didn't need or want to crawl any longer.

He is still a little wobbly and stops to put his hands down to regroup, but he is doing awesome.

I wanted him to walk by July 16th and as always "My Sweet Angel Amazes Me"

Right Foot-Left Foot

Took Jonathon out shopping today for a pair of sandals. This shopping trip was not as easy as I would have liked it to be.

I had his feet sized 22 days ago at a local shoe store that sells Stride Rite. They told me that his size was size 6 and that they would order the shoes. When I called on Thursday, they hadn't even ordered the shoes yet. The shoes were supposed to be in on May 10th......

So I packed him up and went to a different shoe store(farther away). They had the sandals in stock that I wanted ordered from local shoe store. These sandals did not fit at all. His little toes stuck right through the sides of the shoe.....

So we tried on a couple of different pairs. Same thing, little toes would slide through. They tried a smaller size and his big toe would hang off the end of the shoe....

So we resized him. His right foot is a size 6 and his left foot is a size 5 1/2... No one is going to sell two different size shoes... We continued to try on about 10 more pairs of sandals. I finally found a little soft shoe that I really liked, but was concerned about his right foot out growing the shoe too fast.... So I gave up and left....

On the way home I stopped off a Target to let Jonathon use the restroom. Decided since I was there we might as well see what they have in sandals....

I found a pair of sandals with open toes. They velcro over the foot, over the middle of the foot and velcro around his ankle... I put these on, put him down to try them out walking.... They worked fine. No slipping on the ankle. No little toes sneaking out the sides.....

FINALLY! A pair of sandals that will work for us.







Needless to say I will not shop at the local shoe store any longer since they couldn't even order the shoes like they had promised and technically sized his feet incorrectly.

Wordless Wednesday

A Wonderful Surprise!

Jonathon, Andrew and I had to go up to school yesterday afternoon for a meeting. Gilbert met us there and Kenny stayed home.

While we were gone we had a visitor (I guess).

Coming down our road;this is what I see in my front yard.

A crabby sandbox!!!! I have been searching craigslist,mom 2 mom sales, and sale papers for a sandbox. I really wanted a crabby sandbox for Jonathon, but never voiced my opinion to anyone. ( And this sandbox looks brandnew, it's not, it has been well cared for.)

Of course Kenny was in the house AND seen WHO it was........It was our great friend Randy.

THANKS RANDY!!!!!!!

Recheck

I took Jonathon in this morning for a recheck on his sinus infection. He is just not getting well enough.

Confirmed that yes he still has a sinus infection. We are stopping the amoxicillin and getting a perscription for pediazole(if I can read the dr.'s writing correctly). Jonathon has never taken this one so I hope this works better.

He is not wheezing anymore so we get to stop the breathing treatments!(HOORAY)

Jonathon is up to 22lbs 10 oz. He is doing great weight wise. I didn't think we would ever get above 21lbs and stay up there. Very happy mommy on that issue.

Explained to Dr. Pediatrician what happen at our ENT appt. He was surprised that we were treated that way. He told me that the new ENT I picked~that their office has good doctors. Lets hope!!!!

He also agrees with me that something needs to be done to help Jonathon. So lets pray that June 1st is a good appointment.

Hopefully this new medicine will help him get better. He will be on it for 10 days~which puts us up to May 25th and his appt is June 1. I soooo want him healthy when we go in to meet the new Dr. ENT!

Oh and the pediatrician nurse and Dr. got to see firsthand what Dr. ENT did to Jonathon. (Trauma). He would not let the nurse take his temp(ear temp). I had to hold him down and console him. Then Dr. Pediatrician wanted to look into his ears and I had to hold Jonathon's head AGAIN! Makes me soooo damn mad what Dr. ENT did. Jonathon used to love it when Dr. Pediatrician looked into his ears...... Hopefully over time he will come to trust again.

Pediatric or Not

Does it really matter? Does Jonathon need a pediatric ENT or does Jonathon just need a good ENT?

I am really overwhelmed right now! I just don't know what to do.... I thought(THOUGHT)my ENT problems were solved. They are not.....I was talking to my sister n law last night about her son. Come to find out he seen the exact same ENT as Jonathon has seen.(The one I despise). AND he seen the other ENT(the one we have a scheduled appt. with on 5/28) Between the both of these 2 doctors no one would take her serious and her sons ears were not closing(the holes from the tubes). He ended up with hearing loss and bone deteriation. She found another ENT and he literally saved her son. Corrected the problem and now her son can hear perfect. Then she tells me to call the other sister n law, because she was at that same office and was not pleased either.

This morning I called my other sister n law who has triplets. Confirmed she saw ENT at the same office. She did not like his bedside manner and she was asking him questions about her child and he just walked out of the room saying they were finished when she was still questioning him. AND she sat in the waiting room for 2 hours before being seen and there wasn't any other patients around..... The ENT that she seen is the ENT we are scheduled to see on 5/28. She explained to me that just because she wasn't happy that I could give the man a chance. Everyones opinion is different. Yes I understand this, but I have 2 family members telling me they had negative experiences with these pediatric ENT's. No, No Thank you, I don't have time for all of that. I trust them 100% on their opinions and I already don't like the one.

So my sister n law with the triplets took 2 of her children to a ENT that is not pediatric. He did surgeries on both and they are doing great. He didn't play games with her. He put the one on an antibiotic for limited time and it didn't work so he said I believe it's time. And with the second one, when he went he immediately said he needs surgery. So she had good experiences with this doctor.

Now my other godchild who is turning 20 this year went to a local ENT when he was around 5 and had his tonsils out. He has been healthy ever since.

This same local ENT corrected my nephews problem(bone deteriation, and holes in ears) He has been doing great ever since. His surgery was last winter.

My father n law just went to this same ENT to have surgery to correct breathing problem. About 2 months ago. And is doing great.

My brother n law also seen this local ENT years ago. He corrected a nose/breathing problem after a major car accident. Has been fine ever since.

This local ENT is not pediatric. Does he take young children? I don't know. Does he accept our insurance? I don't know. Do I want Jonathon to try him? He is not pediatric. Does it really matter? I DON'T KNOW

Or do I want to go see the ENT(that is also not pediatric) that two of the triplets go see?

Or do I search for another pediatric ENT?????????

I JUST DON'T KNOW.........



An update after some real searching.

I have spent today researching ENT's. I have found a new pediatric ENT that takes our insurance and is taking new patients.

We had an appointment scheduled for the end of June, but when I explained my concerns and what has been going on with the previous ENT she quickly changed our appointment to June 1st at 4:30p.m.

What a relief! I have had a rough couple of days.

I appreciate all the advice my 2 sister n laws gave to me: Thank you to Dawn and Wanda. And also Thank you to Stephanie and Lacey.

I won't say the Dr. ENT's name on here, but he is on Hall Road and he is out of Beaumont Troy Hospital.(for family and friends following us locally)


And I am sure my sis will be happy that I am finally going to see a Beaumont Doctor!!!

Will keep everyone updated.

Wonder Mommy to the Rescue

Man, I sooo love it when I am right!

The referral department called me back today about Jonathon's ENT. I quickly explained to her what has been happening with Dr. ENT and my concerns.

She then told me how I am not the first parent to call and complain about Dr. ENT. How his favorite words are nose spray and ear drops. How he is not kid friendly. How he acts like he has no concern at all for the patient or parents.

She then told me the name of the Dr. ENT that her son saw. And that there have been many good reviews on this other Dr. ENT and her herself has been very happy with him. He did her sons surgery and her son has been healthy ever since.

So this other Dr. works out of the same office, but they work different days. I don't have to worry about running into the man that I NEVER want to see again....

Our new appointment is scheduled for May 28th at 12p.m. with new Dr. ENT. for our second opinion.

Oh by the way I had already stopped giving Jonathon the nose spray. My own thinking was what good was the stuff if it was supposed to help him and make him better AND he still ended up with another sinus infection!!!!