Smiling Through it All
My son really is amazing sometimes.
For months my son has needed to see a specialist and we finally got him into an appointment yesterday. Not to worry though. He is just suffering a little bit more than normal from a common childhood problem.
So, yesterday my husband and I took him straight to the doctor after his violin lesson. My husband and I were both a little nervous but my son was as happy as can be. He was just so happy to be alone in our presence that he skipped and chattered like going to see a new doctor was just no big deal.
He waited patiently while I struggled though an insurance issue that was due to my own misunderstanding. When we finally got it cleared up we went in to see a nurse and two different doctors.
My son is so friendly and easy-going that he actually seemed to enjoy his office visit. Both doctors had excellent bedside manners. And we walked away with prescriptions for medication and directions for treatment that should help him.
Now we just have to teach him to swallow a pill. But so far, he is taking that in stride too.
This has been an incredibly bad week for me, filled with bad news about our impending move and schools. Seeing my little boy so happy in the face of something that could be intimidating lifted my spirits tremendously.
There is no better feeling in the world than when your kids can make you smile just by being themselves.
For months my son has needed to see a specialist and we finally got him into an appointment yesterday. Not to worry though. He is just suffering a little bit more than normal from a common childhood problem.
So, yesterday my husband and I took him straight to the doctor after his violin lesson. My husband and I were both a little nervous but my son was as happy as can be. He was just so happy to be alone in our presence that he skipped and chattered like going to see a new doctor was just no big deal.
He waited patiently while I struggled though an insurance issue that was due to my own misunderstanding. When we finally got it cleared up we went in to see a nurse and two different doctors.
My son is so friendly and easy-going that he actually seemed to enjoy his office visit. Both doctors had excellent bedside manners. And we walked away with prescriptions for medication and directions for treatment that should help him.
Now we just have to teach him to swallow a pill. But so far, he is taking that in stride too.
This has been an incredibly bad week for me, filled with bad news about our impending move and schools. Seeing my little boy so happy in the face of something that could be intimidating lifted my spirits tremendously.
There is no better feeling in the world than when your kids can make you smile just by being themselves.
Labels: challenges, doctors, family, kids, parenting
posted by Major Mom at 8:27 PM
Karen is a military wife and stay-at-home mother to a seven-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son. A Boston native who’s lived in the Shreveport-Bossier area for eight years, she spends most of her time volunteering at her kids’ school, supporting her husband, playing with her friends and watching her hair turn gray. In between, she writes about her life here on her blog.
1 Comments:
some parents teach their kids to swallow pills using those tiny m&m's...
if you let him drink fizzy drinks like sprite with it, it will mask the feeling of the pill being in his mouth & help it go down easier!! something about the carbonation!!
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