Quirky Mom, Quirky Family
We took our middle son to the pediatrician yesterday morning to address a few things – his stutters, some tics he’s developed, some we’ve been watching for a year or more, his in-toeing, his facial structure. You know, the usual. For us. [Read more...]
Took all three kiddoes to the dentist for a check up & cleaning today. Have I mentioned how much I hate. Hate. Pediatric Dental Center in Coral Springs? I have never been seen at my actual appointment time, or within an hour of my actual appointment time, never been treated with respect, never walked out of there happy.
We had an 8:30 AM appointment, which we arrived promptly on time for. At 9:30 AM we were led into another waiting area to wait on the x-rays to be taken. Around 10 we were taken back for the x-rays. They did Dorian’s first, then took Eshiva to yet another room for hers, and something like 15 minutes later did Malachai’s x-rays.
While they were doing E & M they were cleaning Dorian’s teeth. Michael stayed with Eshiva while they checked over her crown and whatever else they did. They finally took M’s x-rays and led us over to the other side for his cleaning. Dor was wrapping up, and then we waited another 10 – 15 minutes for the assistant to come to M. The entire time there were two assistants standing around doing abso-fucking-lutely nothing. o_O
The gal tries to clean Malachai’s teeth. They only had mint. No one in my house likes mint. Mal and I especially. It burns. It hurts. I don’t have a word for it, but it isn’t comfortable. So I am trying to keep his mouth open so this lady can clean his front teeth at least and he is biting me, but not hard enough to really hurt. I finally gave up.
Dorian has no cavities, he’s a-ok, just gotta come back in 6 months for another cleaning. Oh, did I mention they didn’t fucking clean his teeth? He still had tartar and crap all over them. I am going to see if my dentist will see him. She gets mine squeaky, even with the braces on.
Malachai has a cavity so bad in one of his lower teeth they need to remove it. WHich means they need to remove the same tooth on the other wise. Plus a filling in an adult tooth. Fuck. They don’t do sedation dentistry. They give out a cup of Benedryl (oh, excuse me, a cup of Diphenhydramine – I’m not an idiot doc, it’s fucking Benedryl), which makes my kid bounce off the walls, not relax. He can’t be gassed b/c it screws up his already screwy sensory issues and I refuse to have him papoosed. So I called the ortho, who is amazing. I got the name and number for the dentist she takes her special needs kid to and in a few short weeks I will be shelling out 110$ plus 33$ per x-ray for a consult about having the above work done.
This is the third time they have suggested I pull teeth, by the way. What is going on that the only solution is to pull my kids teeth out?
Eshiva needs a crown replaced, because it fell off. Yes. You read that right. It fell off. How did it fall off? I have no idea. My bet is that it wasn’t on well to begin with. She also has three cavities. The soonest we could get in for that work? December 27. Yep. But I should feel free to call back, every couple of weeks to see if there is an opening.
I will be calling the insurance to find another dentist, but thanks for the overwhelming lack of help.
I grabbed my purse to use the restroom and apparently I have walked out of that office enough times that the first thing the counter gal asked was if there was a problem.
Maybe if they didn’t treat us like we don’t have a clue and treated my kids with some respect and acted like they could handle special needs I wouldn’t have to storm out so much. Hell, today I’d have settled for being seen on time.
It occures to me ive never personally known any female to male trans but Ive known lots of male to females both pre and post op. I wish changing was “scifi” easy like in steel beach. I’d swap back and forth every few years. How amazing would that experience be? Not from a “trapped in the wrong body” position but from a “happy in both unhappy in one” position. If I could I’d change my body like I change my hair – just to experience something new and amazing. I mean, I already alter it with tattoos and piercing and I’ve always been facinatr d with surgical modifications. I imagine one day gender swapping will be easy and just another way to mod. Not in my lifetime tho. Or my kids. No I don’t want to be a boy but what an awesome experience it could be, ya know?
Im on my phone so this took forever and i didnt really elaborate. Suffice to say, i think the opportunity to swap gender at will, easily with no negative surgical repercussions, would be amazing.
Life keeps going whether I pay attention or not! So much going on. This morning we woke up and headed out to the Coral Springs Earth Day Festival. The kids got piggy banks made of recycled money & plastic, pencils made from newspaper, pens made from corn, safety whistles, made pine cone bird feeders and picked out plants to bring home. I had wanted to pick a plant each, but it was a clusterfuck there so the kids each picked and we left. Eshiva picked a bush/shrub of some sort and the boys each picked a tree (no clue what they are, but they each got different types).
Came home, cleaned the kitchen, ranted for a bit. Michael left for work and dad went with me to Whole Foods and Home Depot. Picked up probiotics for Malachai . I’m a little worried about his gastro-issues. He is always gassy (seriously foul gas) and only has a BM every other/every third day. He isn’t in pain though. It’s probably his dairy and carb intake, but… the boy lives on dairy and carbs. Autism and GI problems go hand in hand. Mal only sees his normal ped. We don’t go to the neuro anymore, never had a developmental ped, no gi docs. We see the nutritionist once a year, but she is mostly there to make sure he gets a varied and complete diet and isn’t deficient somewhere. So here’s hoping the probiotics work! I also picked up some digestive tea for my dad, which I hope he uses.
After WF we went to Home Depot and ogled fridges. Remember last month when we had to empty and defrost the fridge? It did it again. I give up. We got this bit of love. They didn’t have the one I had chosen in stock, so they marked this one down to the lower price. Yay! It’s still about 600$ more than I had planned on spending. Boo 
It was also 10% off plus we’ll get 20% back from the state for buying an EnergyStar rated fridge. Yay again! It wont get delivered until May 1, so thankfully we have the fridge in the garage to move the dairy & meat to. I don’t think we lost too much. It’s inconvenient, but it could be worse.
Also picked up some sod to cover a bare spot in the front yard and bought a tangelo (honeybell!) tree (impulse buy). Got home and Michael vacuumed out my car (the sod made a huge mess) and dad and I cleaned out the front yard area. I planted Eshiva’s shrub after that. I’ll need Michael to help me dig some holes for the trees.
Um…. dinner time? We need to clean some more. The party is tomorrow. The boys are excited! Me too 
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