It's one week since Desi fell and fractured his femur. It's been a crazy week, filled with intense emotions from everyone. Today when we woke up I saw our dog had scratched his ear really badly. Just by looking at it I could see it was infected, so off to the vet we went. Thank goodness my mom was able to go and help me wrangle the dog, big kid, and little kid who feels like he weighs 50 pounds (it's 31 with the cast, I measured it). All was going O.K. until the veterinarian came in, wearing scrubs. I haven't mentioned it yet but since this happened Desi hates the sight of any medical looking building and especially people wearing scrubs. He flipped out, which made my conversation with the vet mostly shouted questions and responses. Again, thank God my mom was there, she helped a lot a bad situation. Got drops for his ear and once Desi was in the car he calmed right down.
After that, I spent about two hours being transfered around or on hold with Kaiser. Even though he only has another 10 days in the cast, if they have a safer car seat available, then he needs it. After all, his pediatrician promised me they'd get back to me yesterday regarding this. Well, I finally was able to get someone to give me a straight answer- his pediatrician never put the order in! I was so, so frustrated to hear that, because he was blaming durable medical equipment for not following up. Ugh.
The kitten has been sticking to Desi like glue today. They've always been buddies but today wherever he was, she'd follow. You can see in the last picture she even sits next to him and purrs while he's sleeping.
After a lot of thought, I decided what Desi would most like to see on his cast. There were lots of wonderful ideas online but I ended up going with the main characters from his favorite show, Sara and Duck. Orion drew our kitten, Minnie, and some hearts. You can see from the picture that Desi wasn't too sure about us drawing on him.
After that, I spent about two hours being transfered around or on hold with Kaiser. Even though he only has another 10 days in the cast, if they have a safer car seat available, then he needs it. After all, his pediatrician promised me they'd get back to me yesterday regarding this. Well, I finally was able to get someone to give me a straight answer- his pediatrician never put the order in! I was so, so frustrated to hear that, because he was blaming durable medical equipment for not following up. Ugh.
The kitten has been sticking to Desi like glue today. They've always been buddies but today wherever he was, she'd follow. You can see in the last picture she even sits next to him and purrs while he's sleeping.
The only other update is that I'm allergic to the material Desi's cast is made out of. I've been trying to ignore it for days now but it's still pretty bad. If I don't wash my arms after my skin touches the cast, this is how it looks. Ugh. It's way too hot to be wearing long sleeves all the time.
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