I had thought about today's
appointment for the last two weeks. I tried not to worry too much but it
is difficult not to when I'm constantly reminded of Lu's eye when I look at her
:-( We had to be at the hospital at 8:30AM and because we worried about
traffic that means we were up and running by 7AM. Now 7AM doesn't sound
so bad but what I mean by 7AM is that we were out the door...which means I had
to be up by 5AM to get everything ready. 5AM?? Yes, you heard me
correctly. We had no idea how long we would be in LA so I had to have a
days worth of things for Lu as well as everything set out and easily accessible
here at the house for my mom and Emma. (Somedays when I dream about
having another kid I freak myself out about how much MORE time everything will
take me with 3 kids!) Well, it turns out getting up at 5AM wasn't giving
myself enough time nor was leaving at 7AM enough time to get there :-( We
left at 7AM, got all the way to the freeway before I realized I forgot my
purse! No ID, no Kaiser cards, no cash for the stupid parking structure
that only takes cash or check. Ughhhhh. Not a good start.
Luckily, Alex had his ID and because we had to stop in Glendale to do some car
switch-a-roos he was able to borrow some cash from one of his employees.
But let me back up. So now we are on the freeway and it is 7:15AM.
Of course there is tons of traffic leaving SC but I expected that, hence
leaving at 7. As we came up and over the hill into Sylmar Lu decided to
have once of the stinkiest diapers ever. Really? We just got on the
road?! This is where you have to make those executive motherly decisions
that you hope no one judges you for--"Well, Lu, you're gonna have to sit
in it until we get to Daddy's shop to do the car exchange." Cue the
screaming that never let up (and my tears as I felt like the worst mom ever).
As we come into Sun Valley it is is 7:30. I'm getting a little panicky
that we might cut it close but I stay positive. As we come into Burbank
it is 8:00AM. Holy crap, we are going to be sooooo late. I start
frantically calling my mom on speaker phone asking her to find different phone
numbers because, of course, I don't have my purse with her appointment card.
We get into Glendale at 8:15AM, Alex does the car switch-a-roo and I change
Olivia and throw her back in the carseat. Now that Alex is driving I can
start making phone calls--after much hoop-jumping with the wonderful world of
Kaiser phone systems I get through and explain we are stuck in traffic--we are
assured they will see us when we get there. I'm finally able to take it
down a notch at this point! Once we finally got to the hospital (at
nearly 9AM) it was lots of back and forth between Lu's hemangioma team and the
pediatric ophthalmologist. I'll spare you all the boring details because
the bottom line is her eye is fine! Never have I been more relieved!
Now, they aren't sure whether the droopiness is from the hemangioma or just the
way she was born but the important fact is that they tested the pressure in her
eye and her hemangioma isn't causing any pressure. Pffffeewwww. The
doctor said she has a normal amount of astigmatism in both eyes for her age so
she feels as long as everything stays stable Lu should be just fine. Lu
absolutely hated having her eyes dilated but overall she was her usual happy
self.
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I thought I would do some commentary
on Emma since Lu seems to get most of the attention when it comes to this blog!
Emma has really started to change. You think you have their personalities
figured out and then all of a sudden they become an entirely different little
person. Emma used to have a hard time dealing with us leaving her for all
of Lu's appointments but now I think she cherishes it. She gets tons of
one-on-one time with my mom and hardly seems to notice we are gone. In
addition, it appears over the last few weeks that the girls have switched
roles--Lu has become fussy and Emma seems to entertain herself more and more.
I think the main reason for this is that Emma has finally figured out how to
really control the walker and now that she can go wherever she wants she thinks
she is quite the adult. She will zoom over to the slider to watch the
dogs outside or she zooms over to the chairs if there is a cat sitting on one.
She will come to you if you call her while she is in the walker and her biggest
advancement....putting her arms in the air! I know this sounds weird but
if you look at her (when she is in the walker) and say "Yay, arms
up!!" she throws her arms up and wiggles like a fish out of water haha.
She is too funny. She is also sooooo close to being able to wave.
As she watches you do it she lifts her hand up and studies it very intently and
sort wiggles her fingers then looks back at your hand. These two little
ladies are my whole world and I love watching all the changes they are going
through. I can't wait to see what each new day brings :-)
This is Emma trying to get as close as possible to watch Mickey hehe!
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