The Great Thank You...

Back-story... Lainey is a very smart little girl, and like most kids she picks up on things then comes up with her own conclusions of how the world is. So in her mind this is how doctors work, you go in they talk to you and then they "change" you...

Here is how the day was to go, two doctors’ appointments and lots of errands to run. So it starts as I am getting Laine ready for the day she asked "mommy where are we going?" and I reply "we have to take Eliot to the doctor for a check-up and then after lunch with Daddy we are going to a new eye doctor to have your eyes checked." Let me pause here, I don't know if you have ever taken a small child to the eye doctor, but this is not a pleasant experience, to say the least. Okay; without too much protest we get everyone ready and into the car, phew, so far so good. Arrive at appointment number one... on time if you can believe it. All is well and since E is not feeling well from the cold he and I are currently sharing no shots today. So after a very stressed out pediatrician leaves; on to the next thing. I thought since we are right here I should stop in at Laine's old eye doctor to try and get her records transferred to the new place, which turns out to be a bigger deal than I anticipated but still not too bad. Meanwhile Laine is asking regularly about when the eye doctors is going to "change" her. On to lunch; meet up with my lovely husband and a few of his co-workers and sit for a brief moment, pleasant. Next the dreaded eye appointment. We check in and I am starting to look a little stressed, E is getting hungry and Laine is talking and talking as we walk to the waiting room lugging E in his seat, the Diaper bag my purse and trying to keep Lainey in tow. While filling out the new patient form Eliot starts to have a melt down, and since I have no idea how long we are going to be there I am trying to hold him off before I feed him, but to no avail. So I cave, now I am feeding E watching Laine play with the other kids and trying to fill out this darn new patient form. Well just as I finish the nurse calls us back. Here is where is gets really interesting. After talking to the nurse about said new patient form and answering all the questions once again, we see the doctor, she is great by the way. She checks Lainey and then hard part number one comes; we have to put the drops in to dilate her eyes. We get them in after lots of kicking, screaming and having to hold her down. Now we wait, back to the waiting room. Once there I realize that E has blown out his diaper... and I mean big time, it is everywhere. So there I am in the waiting room changing my sons diaper, clothes and socks, trying my best to wipe him up. I couldn't go to the bathroom because once again I don't know when we will be called back and just like before as soon as I finish we are called back. Load everything up and move back to the room. This time she has to shine a light into Lainey's eye so of course she freaks totally out. I cannot tell you how much of an ordeal this is. Now the worst part of all, the diagnoses, on top of what we already know about her eyes she has added that she has an astigmatism and needs to patch her left eye. I am sitting there trying really hard not to cry, while the doctor tells me she is still optimistic that she will outgrow her glasses. Somehow this news was worse than the first time we took her in and found out that our 1 year old couldn't see well. "We'll see you in two months to check the bi-focals and hope you have a great day", thanks and how much did you say those new glasses would be? $350.00 awesome. Now is 3 hours since we first arrived we are finally leaving, I am trying to process it all and talk to Nathaniel about all of the options. Once I see him I conclude, I never want to do that alone again. Finally later that night Lainey is about to go to bed so she is giving me a hug and tells me "I love you too, thanks for having my eyes changed today". Yep I totally melted, I hugged her tight and said, "you're welcome".