A bit later on this afternoon, State Farm will be back out to reevaluate the damage to our house from the storm a couple months back. This has been a long, drawn out process but we finally got the tree removed and they can finally, fully assess the damage to the house. It's really cold outside but I'm hoping they still come out.
What makes this particular situation an exception to that rule is that Emmett had direct exposure to someone with Whooping Cough and we have someone in the home with a compromised immune system.
It's been a really, really long day but I think I'm finally done. Here's a couple notable things about our trip. Emmett's appointment went fine. Akron Children's Hospital never disappoints. We truly are lucky to live in proximity. The exam itself only took a few minutes and his old prescription wasn't that far off. He only needed a few minor adjustments and he'll be good to go. I suspect that Emmett may be very sensitive in regards to his vision. I don't know if it's a sensory thing or not but that would make sense. Anyway, we stopped at Walmart to both pick out and order his glasses. Insurance covers only $18 and we are not allowed to make up the difference. This means he will have a very cheap…
Emmett and I battled horrendous traffic, while drinking dangerously hot - hot chocolate, in order to get to Akron Children's Hospital for his desperately needed eye appointment. Actually, traffic wasn't too bad today but the hot chocolate was seriously hot and Emmett does need new glasses in a very bad way. ☺ Anyway, we got here safely and it's now a waiting game. They're super busy and I just want to get this done. I'm so grateful we were able to get in sooner than next month. As soon as we get done, we'll stop and order his new glasses.
First of all, I'll get to all the new comments but we're in a hurry this morning so it will have to wait. I just wanted to lay down a quick update because it seems like very positive news. I spoke with the eye doctors office in regards to Emmett's appointment today. I explained all that was going on and what we were concerned about. They said not to worry about it. We can bring Emmett in because he's asymptomatic, other than a runny nose and he's not running a fever. That's really good news. ☺ Within about 2 minutes of ending that call, I heard from Gavin's immunologist who said that as long as Gavin's on his IVIG Infusions, he should be in good shape. That's even better news.…
As if we didn't have enough to worry about already. I think I actually titled a post that the other day. I've been doing this a lot lately, but I'm going to cut to the chase because surprise surprise, I'm exhausted. Emmett is supposed to go to the eye doctor tomorrow. You may recall that his glasses broke about a week ago and it's about $100 to replace them because they're transition lenses. We could figure out the money but they need to be stronger and he was scheduled for an appointment in December. I was able to get the appointment moved to today, at 10:45 AM. It's at Akron Children's Hospital, so we have a bit of a drive. Emmett is so excited because he's having a tough time…
It's been a somewhat challenging morning. Lizze is really struggling with the loss of her grandmother at the moment. People grieve their own way and in their own time. My job is to support her through this process, without rushing her but maybe gently nudging her from time to time. It's very easy to lose ourselves in dispair and sometimes we need someone there to throw us a lifeline, even if we don't realize we're drowning. Anyway, our original plans for this morning needed to be adjusted. Oddly enough, my calendar said there wasn't any school today. There isn't any school tomorrow because of conference's but I'm not sure why I had it as a four day weekend in the calender. Emmett got to wear pj's to school today and…
First of all, I appreciate your patience with this update. I'm exhausted and just didn't have the energy to write earlier. I'm going to try and keep this brief because I want to be in bed before midnight. Gavin had appointments at the Cleveland Clinic today. His first appointment was for an EKG and the second was with his new cardiologist, immediately after. While we didn't hear the results of the EKG, from what I saw, it looked normal. I was trained to read EKG's as a medic. It's been awhile since I've read a 12 lead but nothing stuck out to me and I'm sure if something was wrong, we would have been told. His actual appointment with his new cardiologist went really well. She's really nice and was…