Appointments

Maksim has had a couple of appointments lately, and I figured I should probably hurry and blog about how they went before I forget. The first was a pulmonology appointment in Boise with Dr. Tippets. We had a long drive with both kids on Super Bowl Sunday, but we were lucky enough to get to stay at my sister's house and even watch the game with them.
Maksim's lungs have been doing pretty well since his hospitalization in December, so we weren't really sure what to expect from the appointment. They didn't run any tests or do any new X-rays, but the doctor did a thorough assessment, asked us a bazillion questions, then gave us something I have wanted since the first time Maks ended up in the ER in respiratory distress, an action plan to follow at home. Seriously, I am so excited about this. Now, at the first sign of illness, we have medications we can give him to hopefully prevent hospitalization. We haven't had to use them yet, but it is nice to know we have them when we need them! Dr. Tippets goes to Twin Falls every couple of months. We shouldn't have to follow up with him on a regular basis, unless Maksim gets sick a lot, but it is nice to know there is a closer option than Boise.

His second appointment was the next week in Salt Lake at the Moran Eye center at Primary Children's. This was just a follow up appointment from his first one in October, and in my opinion, it was kind of a waste of time. I only say that because we drove there on Sunday with both kids and had to pack up our whole house to stay one night, then we woke up the next morning, went to the appointment (which lasted 5 minutes), then packed up our room and headed home. I really liked Dr. Dries the first time we saw him, but this time he was extremely rushed, and he said everything looked good prior to even looking at his eyes. He was also not very good about addressing our concerns, but I guess no news is good news, and we don't have to go back for another 6 months.

The best part of the Utah trip was the blessing we had of staying at the Ronald McDonald house! If anyone is feeling an itch for service or donations, I highly recommend looking into this. What a great thing this is for families. We always worry about staying at germy hotels, because Maksim gets so sick from even little illnesses, but he RMH does not let anyone stay there who is sick, so we felt a little better about taking him there, They also had a nice toy room that Milyn could play in, which helped a to a ton after the long drive, and they provided a meal for us on Sunday night. We were very humbled by the kindness shown to us while we were there!


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