Well, Parker, my Mom and I made the trek up to PCMC to have the surgeon take a look at the surgery site and remove some stitches. (He removed half of them, but left the ones around the larger stoma.)
It is quite the feat to get Parker to a Doctor’s appointment. I start preparations the night before. And I make no appointments before 12:00 if I can at anyway help it.
The surgeon was running a bit behind schedule. But Parker was happy to observe the other kids playing and just hanging out in his beloved stroller, Big Bertha.
Then, about a half an hour into our wait, we were greeted with a terrifying, yet familiar smell. Imagine a little waiting room. Quite a few parents. Even more diapered butts.
You know the law of averages is such that one of those butts will be busily engaged in mass production.
My Mom looked at me and asked if that could be Parker we smelled. Nope. Ostomy bag output has it’s own very distinctive calling card, plus I had just noticed a beautiful little Mexican boy dancing around with his hands down the back of his pants screaming to his Mom the word caca!
Unfortunately, I think this his Mom must have forgotten that she spoke Spanish or was even willing to acknowledge that this was her kid. Because she just kept turning her head to the other side each time her son moved into her field of vision doing his dance and shouting out one of the very few words everyone else in the entire room understood perfectly.
It got so rank in that waiting room that the rest of the parents started eyeballing each other and mentally drawing straws to determine which one of us was going to donate a diaper and a box of wipes and give this Mom very detailed directions to the nearest Caca Room.
Luckily it was right then that Parker’s name was called and we got to go back to the clinic room. Ah. Fresh air was never so appreciated.
Bottom line. Parker’s surgery site looks great. The surgeon then wanted to schedule Parker’s first Pull Down surgery for January.
Ahem.
I gently explained that there was simply no way my nerves could be to the point of taking on this next procedure so soon. I hadn’t even been trained in how to change out a g-tube yet. And I am kind of a girl who needs to feel as though she has mastered one skill before she moves on to another. And these Pull Down surgeries are no walk in the park. The are very invasive and come with a TON of post op therapies.
So I cried WUS! and we decided to bring Parker back up to PCMC the end of January were we would do his first G-tube change out. And THEN schedule the first Pull Through Surgery. The surgeon doesn’t want to wait past the end of March.
Funny thing. Reed and I were just talking about how the only holiday we had yet to spend at PCMC was Easter.
Oy.
I’ve got to get ready to get my real crown put on my tooth. My temp crown fell off while I was at PCMC with Parker this last go around. I’ve been eating on the right side of my mouth since Thanksgiving. I’m praying my teeth haven’t shifted and that this new crown still fits.
Wish me luck.
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Will things ever slow down for you? I’m glad you were able to negotiate the date – you all continue to be in my prayers.
Sometimes I don’t understand parents… why wouldn’t that lady just change her kid? It’s silly… makes me mad, really. Like the parents I saw with their 2 year olds out shopping the day after Thanksgiving… they were dragging these poor little kids all over the place… yelling at them to hurry. Grrr…
I’m glad you were able to get the date changed. Hopefully everything will go well between now and then!!
Yeah! That’s great news! Not the caca, but that Parker’s site looks great! Awesome! Hoping your crown fits!
Oh I am so glad that Parker’s appointment went well and that you were able to wait for another surgery until march or so! Poor child, I wonder why the mom didnt just change him? As a mom, I cant understand it. Please give parker lots of hugs and kisses for me!
Love to all,
Amy
Good luck at the dentis too Tammy
Don’t you just love it when someone won’t change their poopy kids pants, lol! Drives me crazy
But I’m so glad to hear that Parker’s appointment went well and that he’s doing better.
Poor poopy little guy.
I’m so glad to hear that Parker is healing well – that’s GREAT!
If I could give you one thing for Christmas, Tammy, it would be one hour of life without this stress.
I have no idea how you do this. I’ve just read your last several posts to catch up and the roller coaster you live with day in and day out overwhelms me.
I can only hope you know how strong you really are. You may not think you are, but you are the strongest person I’ve met in ages.
God bless you and God bless Parker.
Why wouldnt she change her child. I cant imagine leaving my child sit in a dirty diaper because i was to lazy to change it, and being in a room full of people.
Im glad to hear Parker’s site looks good. I will praying for your little guy that everything continues to heal the way it needs to.
And for your tooth. That must be painful. I hope you feel better soon.
I’m back. LOL I just read this post again and honestly, I feel bad for that poopy boy’s mom because something like that happened to me. I was sitting in the waiting room with Krissy, who was six months old, while our doctor tried to melt a kidney stone for Rob. Krissy exploded. All over her, all over me. And we’d left the house in such a hurry because Rob was in such pain, I forgot to grab the diaper bag. And this was not a pediatrician’s office – it was Rob’s doctor’s office – code: no disposable diapers available.
I’ve never been so embarrassed and miserable and rank in my life.
The real reason I came over here was to tell you I got the book you sent today and thanks a lot! I thought I’d just glance through it and I can’t put it down, which means I’m not getting a single thing I had planned for this day done. LOL
Honestly, this is a great book. Thank you, thank you!
glad to hear his surgery site looks great – at least you got some good news out of that visit!