December 11th 2007

This appointment we brought Carter with us again. No Collette today. We didn't wait long and we were lead back, by Toni again and the weight was checked then the blood pressure.

We waited by ourselves for a little bit, Carter started to get a little wrestless. Joy came in and this was another really quick appointment. She gave Carter some of those Popsicle sticks you use to check your tongue and throat and then asked if we had any questions. She gave us our hand out, Kristy asked what she could take for her severe heart burn and joy said she'd prescribe some extra strength Pepcid to handle that. Kristy also asked about the kick count and was worried because she kicks less than carter did. Then we had a listen via the BSG doppler listening device and then we were done (BSG is explained in the October 2nd 2007 post).

It took a couple minutes to get the prescription for the Pepcid, and then it took a long time to actually get to a counter in the pharmacy and get the Pepcid. we were only like 8 or 9 numbers down on the now serving number blank list but it was taking forever.

Kristy wanted to just leave but I made her stay because she is so miserable every night and if we left early she would continue to be miserable every night, she'll thank me for this later.

So carter and i walked up and down the hall of the cascade park office from module A to module C, stopping in the middle every time to look at the metal sculpture of wild stallions in an enclosed courtyard. Carter would stop and say “Horse, neigh, neigh”. Occasionally he would see a baby or another kid and veer their direction to look at them and maybe try and say hi.

We looked at the fish in the pharmacy a couple of times, but Carter was actually more interested in the older 4 year old girl that was naming each fish in the tank. All the way down the hall by module C there is a water fountain and paper cups and Carter wanted to walk down there, climb into a chair, order me to get him a cup of water and then he would drink it, climb out of the chair, throw the cup away and run back down to module A area where Kristy was impatiently sitting, then we would say hi to some people, this older couple next to Kristy for example and head back down for a drink again, repeating the routine about 6 or 7 times, then we finally had the Pepcid and we were out of there.
Our next appointment was set and it's the drink 10 gallons and take a bunch of tests appointment. It will be the first appointment I miss but I have to watch Carter and he just won't last 45 minutes in a doctor’s office with hardly anything there to keep him entertained.