Alan woke up today with a dry diaper and the first 3 times he went potty on the potty chair. He gets a "treat" or fruity tootsie roll if he is successful. He thought he got one just for going so I had to explain it was for going potty on the potty chair and NOT in your pants!!! We had a very unsuccessful afternoon. We even ran out of dry big boy underpants and I had to do a load of wash!! I left the boys home with Daddy to run errands and Alan had another big accident. I am happy to report that we had another success right before bed and he was very excited to get his treat. I wonder how tomorrow will go as we have a very busy day of running errands. I decided to pack all the underwear and shorts and just put the whole potty chair in the van. Wish me luck!!
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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