Indianapolis, Monster Style

As life would have it, we haven't cooked a "real meal" since my last post. This is virtually unheard of around here, but hey when you're having a rough week you call out anything that makes it easier (or any food place that delivers!)

Yesterday was a big day for Monster. He had a dermatology appointment at the Children's Hospital in Indianapolis.

I was freaking out. Freaking out bad. I was going alone to a city I'd never been in, seeing doctor's we've never seen & had a wild almost 2 year old along for the ride.

After a stop at McDonald's in Terre Haute, we managed to get to Indy with no big meltdowns from either of us and no traffic issues either. Listened to my little GPS voice on my phone & looked up ahead to see this:

Yep, that's right. We went right along the Lucas Oil Stadium. And then were stuck behind a limo driving around it.  It's not quite as good as being near Busch Stadium & the Arch for most of Monster's appointments, but at that point I was willing to take what we were given.

On to the real stuff though. After meeting with the doctors there, I realized that leaving my job really was the best decision in taking care of M. The new regiment of creams & skin care & oral medications are time consuming and are expected to happen 2-3 times a day. That combined with continuing his special diet is a fulltime job in itself!!

The doctors there gave me hope though, they were incredibly nice. They seemed to understand his sensitivity to everything & were supportive in all the decisions we've made for him thus far.

The drive sucks. Really really sucks. The drive home is 100 X worse. Getting home at 7:30pm & still needing to do dinner & bedtime stuff is not fun, BUT I trust these doctors & they seem to care for my baby & we'll be going back in a month to followup & make med changes. 

I go today to get his meds, which should also help him sleep at night. (AMEN!) and we started the skin care routines this morning, so I'm hoping after his nap he'll look less red at least.....he looked pretty good when he was being all slathered up with moisturizer earlier :)


That's all I've really got for an update (and I know it's a little all over the place but I'm stinking tired still & can't focus yet!)

Oh and just because he's so darn cute......Here's Monster & his attention seeking big sister :)