Clinic and People Mover

Dr. T is the BEST! He's the MAN!! (I had to start out with that because he just found out today that Bailey has a web page, and he might be reading this now. So . . .) He's just the best darned guy THERE EVER WAS!

Now, with that out of the way . . . we had a fun day today! We started out by teasing Dr. T about being so excited to ride the People Mover, and Bailey let it out that she already knew he changed his mind - she just wanted him to suffer a little bit. Then, of course, he drags me into the whole thing and tells her that I'm the one who didn't approve of riding the train. Anyway, believe it or not, we end up riding it today! . . . but I'll get to that later.

He invites Bailey to come see him in clinic today - not as a patient but as something to do to get us out of the room. So, we did. We sat in a conference room where doctors and nurses were stepping in and out. He even put her to work for a little while - he would dictate instructions for patients and she would write it down on a sheet of paper for him. She really had fun doing that. He tried to tell us that since we've been here so long we needed to start earning our keep. Then we tried to talk him into taking us on another outing - we mentioned boating, jet skiing, landscaping his yard, a trip to Chicago or Las Vegas, etc. etc. etc. We were getting a little crazy in our ideas, but had a good time. Somewhere during our brainstorming, Bailey even called him "woosy-man" (or however you spell that - Bill, I've always had trouble spelling that word!). I don't get what all the eye-rolling was about -- I thought they sounded like very legitimate suggestions! Anyway, we (or should I say, Bailey - because I would never!) finally beat him down so much that he took us a ride on the train. I'll have to say that I was quite nervous - I made him push it onto the train and then he stood next to it and guarded it, but everything went very smoothly. We rode it over to Methodist and back. It was much smoother than I had envisioned - we've heard lots of stories about it that were not always positive. Dr. T has two adults over at Methodist who are on a VAD, and he said he might let us visit with them once they start feeling better. That would be really neat!

We get to go visit pre-op next week to see what they do over there. Who knows? Bailey might end up working in the medical field one day. It was fun visiting clinic today. To see the doctors at work seeing patients was interesting - we didn't get to see or talk to patients (that would probably be some violation of some sort), but it was fun to talk to the cardiologists and surgeons on a social level. Bailey had a really good time hanging out with Dr. T - she thinks the world of him, and rightly so.

We got a visit today from Dane, a little 1 year old boy who was born with aortic stenosis (the same defect Bailey was born with). He's going to be having surgery this summer - hopefully a repair that will fix him right up. It was very nice to meet you and your parents, Dane. Good luck with everything coming up. I hope we're not still here when you have your surgery but, if we are, it will be nice to have a little buddy around! We'll be praying for you.

Only two more weeks of school left! It will be nice to get that out of the way. That's really the only thing Bailey doesn't look forward to on a daily basis. But we'll miss Michelle, her teacher here at Riley. She's a sweetheart.

Hope everyone is safe out there, and enjoy your friends and family. We are!

Love, Angie