Ugh, this car seat issue!

So, in my previous post I said I eventually found out that Desi's doctor never put in an order with durable medical equipment. After leaving messages, I spoke with a nurse today who said the order never went into because he was advised it would be declined for all temporary casts. So, I guess if your kid is not able to fit in his car seat for a few weeks or months, Kaiser doesn't really give a damn. She said I could take a denial of service letter to a company they contract with and see what they could do. My next call was to that company, where a very confused representative said they absolutely do not do private rentals or sales, they only contract with insurance companies. I asked her what my next step would be and she said, "With our company? Nothing." I'm so glad I spent two hours on the phone to deal with your attitude, lady. The picture to the left shows what Desi was up to while I was making all these calls.

I really don't know what parents do in this situation. I know Desi doesn't have that much longer in the cast, but what about all the other babies? Sometimes they are in this cast for 6-8 weeks! I filed a formal complaint about this issue with member services and told them I'd be sending them any seatbelt ticket I received for Desi being forward facing. Here is how he fits in his seat right now. It looks really uncomfortable!

In other news, Orion has an orthodontist appointment today and needs braces on the top. So there's $2000 well spent. And of course the dental hydeginists were wearing scrubs, which upset Desi.

After the Orthodontist my parents picked up Orion for a little vacation. He's been a huge help this last week and has earned a break, for sure! Desi and I took a little nap together now that the house was quiet. Then it was time for dinner. The look on his face is my warning he's about to give all that broccoli to the dog.

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Sunday

Last night was tougher than the first night with the cast. I'm not sure if he's more uncomfortable than at first, or just frustrated. Even though he was awake a lot of the night, he wanted to get up at dawn. So I got us dressed and took him out to our favorite bagel place. He was so happy to be going on an outing. As I buckled him in he excitedly asked "Go? Go!" When we got there, he proudly pointed out the bagel he wanted. Our little outing really cheered us both up after a hard night. Both my and Anthony's parents have came over with lots of gifts for him, trying to make things a little easier. We are so, so thankful. Also, Desi likes getting visitors. Today he enjoyed throwing balls into a box and using his new basketball hoop. I also made a sort of table that we can push the stroller under so Desi can feed himself. I'll cover it with something to make it a little nicer, but right now he's just happy he can reach his own food. He took two long

Tuesday to Friday

I'm making a place to jot down my thoughts, which are frankly overwhelming. On Tuesday night I was cleaning up the backyard, hosing out some ice chests we used for our party on the fourth of July. The boys were both playing in the backyard while I worked. I heard a loud thump behind me and saw Desi had slipped on the wet concrete. Orion and I both ran to him, the poor baby was screaming. I got him calmed down after maybe ten minutes, then set him and O up with a movie. Here they are around 7 P.M. on Tuesday night. You can see the baby isn't happy, but he's calm. About an hour later I picked him up from the couch to get him ready for bed. He screamed like I hurt him when I put his PJ's on. That's when I realized that I hadn't seen him walk since the fall. We got right in the car and headed to urgent care, which was about to close for the night. They took Xrays of his ankle, leg, hip and pelvis. The doctor looked at them and said the wasn't a break but

Great News!

We had follow-up xrays today and the pediatric orthopedic specialist had a really good update for us. Based on how Desi's fracture looks today, he can take the cast off on the morning of the 27th. That's just eleven days from now! I can hardly wait. Good job little Desi bones on healing so quickly. So that's our big news for today. While we were at Kaiser, I had them cut some of the back of the cast off. They had left me virtually no space in the back to wipe his bottom. When I flipped him over and showed them today they were impressed I had managed to keep him clean at all with the cast like that. They cut off maybe three inches in the back so I have much more room to tuck a diaper in. I also bought him diapers that are two sizes smaller than what he wears, they fit much better inside the cast and they don't have to reach around his waist anyway due to the gdiaper cover. I heard back from Safe Kids Inland Empire. The lady I spoke with was very nice and apologetic but

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