After three doctors appointments, I can confirm that I am ready for this week to be over. It has been a LOADED week but not a bad one. Just FULL. SO many appointments and meetings!
Yet after all of our medical stuff with Brady in the last three years, and then more medical stuff with foster care, I feel quite comfortable and familiar with many facets of the medical world. I don’t claim to have doctor knowledge, don’t worry. I’m not that kind of special. But I can hold my own in a conversation with many different kinds of doctors and therapists, and I’m really grateful that I feign enough confidence to be trusted by medical professionals.
There were two appointments this morning, but both were with our dear Dr. Guselle, and Brady was along! We had a really really nice time, as she has a beautiful way of making everything seem doable and positive while keeping things realistic and in perspective. As always, we laughed a lot, and we left feeling pretty encouraged.
I went home, put the morsel down for short naps, and ate a bowl of mashed potatoes with a lemon drop on my lap. It was really chill 💜 But it was a short lived quiet time before I scooted one baby off to one loving grannie, a Wavy off to grandma, and me plus one headed into the city for the last appointment of the day!
It turned out to be a really helpful appointment, where I spent some extra time with a doctor, going to other floors, getting some extra help, and some real answers. It took extra time, and he truly went above and beyond. It is SO nice for my heart to have people truly invest, not just treat us like a number. Even as the last patient of his day, I wasn’t rushed, and didn’t feel like he was eager to get rid of us. It was really nice.
I drove back in the sun, and picked up baby from granny 💜 Upon arriving home, my mom had received the kids from school and made rice and curry for supper 💜 What an amazing welcome! How fortunate are we to have a beautiful team of people around us this way?!
Thank you, Lord, for getting us through such a massive week. Next week might even be bigger, though different. So we continue to look to Him and move forward! Lord protect us, as You always do 💜