I am drained.

This morning I was up at 5:45am in order to get everything ready for today. We got the kids ready, ourselves ready, and then got Ian off to school by 7:30am.

From there we went to St. Joseph's to pick up Roo's films, only to be told that the office didn't open until 8:30am! I was pretty pissed off, but I couldn't yell at the poor woman at the front desk because I knew it wasn't her fault. Sean and I got coffee and waited for a half hour, then he went to get the films (I am assuming this was so that I didn't assault anyone).

We got out of there by 8:45am, and then we headed to All Children's Hospital in the next county. We got there in plenty of time, found parking, and found the office with no trouble at all.

We met with the doctor who was nice, but came away with less than a solid answer. He isn't really sure what's going on, but he's pretty sure it isn't a stone because, according to him, there isn't a shadow where there usually is one if it's truly a stone.  Now, looking at the film even I could see what the radiologist saw so there's something there. The specialist said that it could be a cast-off from the fatty tissue but because the radiologist categorized it as a stone, we have to do something about it.

Now we have to get Roo at CT scan with sedation.This terrifies me. It isn't the scan or the outcome which makes me nervous, but the sedation makes me very, very scared ... There was also mention of a 24 hour hospital stay for urine collection, but he said we don't want to get ahead of ourselves, and I'm inclined to agree. Anyway, we'll get the CT scan (which is proving to be very difficult to schedule at this point), then we'll meet with him again to see where we go from there. Unfortunately, it'll probably have to be in the next county again because the next time the specialist is here is June 12, and then not again until July. Of course, that is dependent of the run-around I'm getting from the diagnostic center which, at this point, I'm having Sean deal with because I'm beginning to feel a bit out of control emotionally. 

Add all this to the non-answers I'm getting about Ian's IEP and needed documentation for the 504 to be implemented, and I'm about ready to be committed!

She's in no pain and, although she now seems to have the cold that Ian's had this week, she's in great spirits. Thank goodness!!!!