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I think I have been called every name in the book and refused the doctor’s I wanted. I just tried everything – one kiddo has had 1,000 kidney stones plus allergies over her 29 years.(Her body has no ability to use calcium – especially artificial sources) One was having anxiety attacks at 2 and could not separate or sleep (turned out to be Celiac Disease)- 25 years old and studying to be a librarian, and number three has a cleft site in her brain which causes the inability to retrieve information from long term memory, hyper activity, and oppositional defiant disorder. After 12 surgeries for cleft palate repair/no ear tudes; she was a behavioral nightmare many days – you should hear her play the piano or watch her play tennis, and she is 22 years and on her last year at college in business and communications. (Can’t understand money at all -symbolic)

I had to home school some of the time, ask and ask, study and try on a huge number of therapies. Changing the diet made huge differences for all of them and all the cleaning products I used (vinegar and water made the allergies worse)

I had to stop worrying about all the names I was being called and weigh each suggestion with all the love I could muster…My Father was Washington State Director of Special Education and he would say:”Try everything, throw out what doesn’t work, and hang on to what does – what does work will teach you.”

Even my mother thought I was off base many times! And I got tired and lost patience…but they are your kids and you want them to be able to have choice in their lives and be the best that they can be.

You are seeing pale….keep asking yourself “what am I not seeing?”

Aren’t you lucky that you know the tests to order up! Wow

Here is my favorite insult: I kind of savor this one…the child psychologist said to me about my youngest (we had just gotten alarms on the windows and doors to keep her in the house all night long.) when he finally rendered a diagnosis, “The Mother is in denial about the child’s behaviors and patterns of ADHD and ODD and will not allow medications” – child was 15yrs then.

4 Months later a speech pathologist and learning specialist ordered up a brain scan and found the lesion….we started inputting material as though she had had a stroke….A whole, new person emerged. She takes a small dose Adderall once a day, mercury free Omega-3 fish oil, and 30 minutes of aerobic exercise.

what if I had stopped asking and advocating for my children? even once?
I tell you the answer will bubble up…in a magic way…keep asking.

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Thanks for the encouragement! Yeah, you should probably at least call and have them triage you. Whether or not they want to see you depends on how your pediatrician feels. For most things- if the baby is acting okay- you can wait and watch. But I do worry about the eye a little and would want to see that it looks normal!

I think our peditrician thinks I am crazy when I walk in there.

Like the other posts said, you just know as a mom, when something isn’t right with your kids.

I feel like there are barely enough hours in the day for daily life activities and to throw in research of questions to ask the doctors is difficult to squeeze in sometimes. It is an evil, but you are lucky you know what to ask when you are in your pedi’s office.

As an aside, can I squeeze a question in since I should have probably visited our pedi today, but didn’t. Lily fell into our platform bed frame yesterday (right angle corners, (I know not at all baby friendly)). She hit it square in the nose, she has a few scrapes on the nose and between the eyes and the bridge of her nose and the inside corner of her eye is black and blue. She definitely wailed a good cry when it happened. She is acting normal. Should I have her looked at?

Thanks Sheila and hang in there.

Lisa- I wished I’d added that to my guys labs! Probably paranoid.

Labs will be back tomorrow and I will be able to relax and tell myself it was just a virus. I am one of those Moms too.

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Keep up the good work & good mothering, Dr. Cason!

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Evelyn- Thank you!

Tiff- You’re quite welcome! I told my dr husband and he was like “WHAT! You accept the coffee card” and then I told another pediatrician and she was like “WHAT!” We all agree no one has ever told us not to accept gifts. I mean it was a coffee card not a house for crimeny sakes.

Hugs. It’s between a rock and a hard place you are.

Also, thank you for the kind comments on my blog. You are sweet.

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All the best and take care!
Evelyn

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