Alan has been requesting diapers over pull ups lately and I finally got fed up!!! Today we put big boy underpants on and everytime he went potty we sat on the potty chair afterwards while I cleaned him up and put his wet pants in the washer. He could care less about being a big boy and wearing big boy pants so this may be a long battle. He is, however, obsessive compulsive on being clean so it may not take as long as I anticipate. Expect the worse and hope for the best I guess. He was very upset every time he got wet today so only time will tell. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we continue with my diapers at bedtime only policy. I will keep you all posted in future blog entries.
Last week Alan said he put a popcorn seed in his ear at school. We took him to the pediatrician at the base and they tried to get it out with irrigation. While we were waiting for the referral my friend, Missy (a nurse), took him to her husband's office and tried to irrigate it out again. No luck so we had to wait for a referral to be approved to take him to a pediatric ENT. The closest one is in Pensacola and couldn't get him in until March 17th!! Again I called my friend Missy and asked for her recommendation on ENT doctors in town. She gave me her guy's name and I got on the phone with Tricare. It took lots of call transfers and time, but they could change the referral to Dr. Tran and he could get us in yesterday. Dr. Tran was unable to remove the popcorn seed in his office, but they could get Alan in for surgery first thing this morning to remove the seed. Here is where I learned that anything requiring anesthesia is called surgery. They were going to put Alan out so he...
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