Ouchie
Today was not so great. There was a huge detour on the way to my daughter's school that took me 10 minutes out of the way and therefore about five minutes late. Fortunately, I was not the only one. The cop by the detour was absolutely useless. My tax dollars at work!
Then I went to the dentist. I have been having tooth pain and sensitivity in a spot where I just got a filling, so I was pretty sure it fell out. Good news was that it was still in there. Bad news was that I chipped a tooth, which was causing my problems. Sort of good news was the chip was so small if I hadn't whined like a little baby they probably wouldn't have even noticed it and then they laughed at me and slapped some fluoride on it. Also, I had to have part of my gums numbed between my two crowns because goddamn some plaque got in there and it hurts and I can't reach it with floss and my God is this over yet??? Oh, yes. Thank you, Jesus. I promise to use my water pik from this day forth forever and ever amen.
I managed to pick my daughter up by running across a construction zone, therefore shaving time off the commute. Got home and realized after we ate that I needed to call to make an appointment for my daughter with a pediatric urologist (or pee pee doctor, as we fondly call him here). I called into Boston to set up an appointment and after giving them all our info was told I had to wait until Thursday to get an appointment set up.
I called the pediatrician's office to find out the results of my daughter's latest urine dip, which took place on Friday. The receptionist told me it was all clear, except for some trace amount of blood. At which point I was like, she's had blood in it for six months THAT'S WHY I AM CALLING IS HER DOCTOR THERE? Alas, he is on vacation. Of course. I started to explain my whole waiting for the urologist to call me back, and then she recommended trying another urologist. So I called that one, gave all my info, and was then told my daughter would need a test. She is already having an ultrasound of her kidneys, and this other test was something I was a little afraid of. I said I would take care of it, and then I called the pediatrician's office back and explained what happened. The juggled the ultrasound around with the lab in order to get both things done at once.
Then I went on the internet and talked to my mother. Five minutes later, I was back on the phone with the pediatrician's office again canceling this other test. Right now, she's just going to have the ultrasound, and I am going to wait for my daughter's pediatrician to come back before I schedule this second test, which involves getting a catheter and injecting her bladder with dye. From what I understand, it's very painful. So I'm trying to hold off until I know more, and also until I know she can be sedated so she won't be in pain.
It's freaking me out. I don't know what else to say.
Then I went to the dentist. I have been having tooth pain and sensitivity in a spot where I just got a filling, so I was pretty sure it fell out. Good news was that it was still in there. Bad news was that I chipped a tooth, which was causing my problems. Sort of good news was the chip was so small if I hadn't whined like a little baby they probably wouldn't have even noticed it and then they laughed at me and slapped some fluoride on it. Also, I had to have part of my gums numbed between my two crowns because goddamn some plaque got in there and it hurts and I can't reach it with floss and my God is this over yet??? Oh, yes. Thank you, Jesus. I promise to use my water pik from this day forth forever and ever amen.
I managed to pick my daughter up by running across a construction zone, therefore shaving time off the commute. Got home and realized after we ate that I needed to call to make an appointment for my daughter with a pediatric urologist (or pee pee doctor, as we fondly call him here). I called into Boston to set up an appointment and after giving them all our info was told I had to wait until Thursday to get an appointment set up.
I called the pediatrician's office to find out the results of my daughter's latest urine dip, which took place on Friday. The receptionist told me it was all clear, except for some trace amount of blood. At which point I was like, she's had blood in it for six months THAT'S WHY I AM CALLING IS HER DOCTOR THERE? Alas, he is on vacation. Of course. I started to explain my whole waiting for the urologist to call me back, and then she recommended trying another urologist. So I called that one, gave all my info, and was then told my daughter would need a test. She is already having an ultrasound of her kidneys, and this other test was something I was a little afraid of. I said I would take care of it, and then I called the pediatrician's office back and explained what happened. The juggled the ultrasound around with the lab in order to get both things done at once.
Then I went on the internet and talked to my mother. Five minutes later, I was back on the phone with the pediatrician's office again canceling this other test. Right now, she's just going to have the ultrasound, and I am going to wait for my daughter's pediatrician to come back before I schedule this second test, which involves getting a catheter and injecting her bladder with dye. From what I understand, it's very painful. So I'm trying to hold off until I know more, and also until I know she can be sedated so she won't be in pain.
It's freaking me out. I don't know what else to say.