It was a crazy busy day!! We had so many errands to run. It was probably our busiest day since Laela was born.
We had two appointments to hit. Brady had chiropractic at 1:00 and we had Dekker’s preliminary testing for his new eye specialist at 2:15. We were in the city a bit too early to go straight to chiro, so we stopped at City Hospital to get Dekker some new patches. The last time Brady went to pick some up, they only had the junior sizes for girls. Well, they have a “gender neutral” pack, but they’re completely glittery. Not too masculine if you ask me. But we were out and needed patches, so Brady had bought the next size up, which truly was the only option. I want to say here, before everyone jumps on what I’m about to say, that I think Dekker is gorgeous. Daily, I am struck by my love for him, and besides his wonderful character and personality, I think he is completely beautiful. That being said, his patch makes him look different. Some kids would even think he’s scary, or strange. These medium sized patches make him look silly, and it breaks my heart :'( So yesterday, I called the hospital to see if they had junior sized boy patches and they said yes. They didn’t. I was pretty ripped, since I encountered the woman I had spoken with, and she was DETERMINED that I had asked for junior patches on their own, without specifying gender. Then she tried to sell me the sparkly ones. Then she tried to sell me the bigger ones. I was doing everything in my power to be polite and not argue with her, but I finally just walked out. She wanted to keep arguing and I was fuming, so it had to be done. Grrr…
We headed to chiro next, and got to show Laela off to Dr. Mike 🙂 I had been waiting to, and it was nice to see his interest in her and his usual teasing with Dekker. Of course, Brady felt sooo much better after the treatment, and we left happy, as usual.
We headed to Midtown Mall next. This was our biggest stop, as Dekker’s second opinion ophthalmologist is int he Midtown Tower. We were nice and early so we grabbed some New York Fries for lunch. Dekker loved them 🙂 Sure, call us bad parents for just feeding him fries, but it was a special treat.
We headed upstairs right afterwards and were sent to a waiting room with toys and kids and The Wiggles. Dekker was entertained, but it was nap time. As in, Dekker often naps around 2:00, and he was scheduled for his appointment at 2:15. We didn’t wait too long, and were probably in the exam room around 2:30. The lady that ran all the tests with Dekker introduced herself, and then read over all the health information and medical history I had filled out in the car on the way. The last question on the form was the standard “Is there any other information you can give us to help us treat your child better?” question, to which I answered “Dekker is the best little boy in the whole world. He is very sensitive, so please don’t be put off if he cries. He is truly wonderful.” I saw her smile a little while reading it, and then keep on with asking her questions and putting information into the computer. Now I have to say, she is probably always great with the kids she sees, but I felt very good about writing what I did when I watched her interact with Dekker. He did cry. Absolutely. Right in the beginning, he didn’t want her to touch his glasses, or mess with his patch, or patch his other eye, or anything. She just smiled and let him have his fit, and then kept going. She was incredible with him, and he knew it! He started responding to her so sweetly. He would lean forward and give her big, mischievous smiles. She said something at one point about him scaring her, and he got all coy and quietly said “Boo.” She jumped 🙂 I loved watching them. Once his tests were over, she gave us the great news that the patch had done its job! Both of Dekker’s eyes are of the same strength! One is still definitely in, but its not only the right eye. He doesn’t have a dominant eye at the moment, and thats incredible. She recommended that we still patch, but we can alternate it so the right eye won’t suffer. She answered all of our questions, including the question of surgery. He will need it. And thats ok. I just wanted to hear it from someone else. We still haven’t heard it from the doctor, and we won’t until January (ugh) but at this office, things are just way less rushed. Of course, I wish we could see the doctor sooner, but I like the feel so much better. The moment the door closed behind us as we left, Brady and I both agreed that we’ll be coming to this doctor instead of our original ophthalmologist. I really like the idea of this second doctor doing Dekker’s surgery as opposed to someone who rushes the process a bit more than necessary. We are so relieved after Dekker’s appointment today. I thank all of you for covering us in prayers!
Once that was all over, we were all pretty wiped. But we still had grocery shopping to do, among other things. While we were driving to our next location, Brady asked what we should do for supper. Eat in Saskatoon, at home, what would we make, etc. I reminded him his mom was picking supper up in North Battleford. We both snapped to attention. Elvira’s coming!!! Of course we knew this, but it had slipped our minds completely int he general chaos of the day. She was going to be at our place for supper. It was currently 4pm. We hit Walmart fast and ordered some pictures, picked up some craft stuff I need for Halloween, plus some winter boots for Dekker and a bunnyhug and jeans for Laela. We then went to Superstore for groceries, and back to Walmart to pick up the pictures. We quickly dropped in on my mom and picked up a few things before racing home. Elvira had been in our driveway for about five minutes. Sooo close! But she beat is. Its ok, we laughed together. But we felt awful. Our house was a mess, and now there were groceries all over the floor. I think she’ll stay anyway 😉
After a supper of pizza and breadsticks, and an evening of playing toys with Dekker and ooing and ahing over Laela, we are all packing it in early so Elvira can rest up from the drive and so we can wind down from the day. Tomorrow, I plan to crochet, and drink coffee and visit. Sooo looking forward to it!