I'll start off with Thursday morning. JJ woke me up at 4 am. He ate a bottle and drifted in and out of sleep for a while after that. Makily started making sweet noises around 5 am. I start to walk to her room when I hear this loud noise and then her SCREAMING. I RUN in there and she has fallen out of the bed again...this time she BROKE THE TODDLER BED RAIL! She was sandwiched halfway on to the floor in between the bed and the rail. One end of the rail held up but the other broke.
Looking mischievous
All I could think was that I hate our insurance company and while they say Makily meets all the requirements for a "medical bed" that they do NOT cover the SleepSafe Bed.
What beds do they cover one might ask?
Well apparently it's a secret because no one at BCBS will tell me and they just keep repeating "Just submit the claim ma'am and if it's medically necessary we will pay it".
*sigh*
Transport was a half an hour late picking up J for visitation....which annoyed but did not surprise me.
I was told that J's bio mom said that she has noticed a difference in him the last several weeks. She says he is much happier and that she is grateful he is with wherever he was moved to this time.
That made me cry.
Of course there are many more details to all that, and I can't share them but some of the things that were said have left me feeling very confused toward her.
I am also now suffering from what I can only call "Foster Parent Paranoia".
I am locking and re-locking the doors. If someone looks at me funny and J is with me I am wondering if it's a relative or someone that knows his parents (when all reality they could be looking at me because I have poop smeared on my shirt or snot in my hair).
When I am here with the kids alone I don't answer the door unless it's the mail lady, UPS or someone I know. Today Allen was home and some 17 or 18 year old kid came knocking at the door. He told Allen his mom kicked him out of his house and he had nothing and wanted to mow our lawn. Then he asked Allen if he knew what it was like to have nothing and if we were in a recession? The kid fake cried a few times, Allen gave him the cash he had on him (which was a whopping two dollars, we are debit card users here) and he left. I watched him walk down the street and he did not go to any of the neighbors houses so I am wondering why he picked our house.
Ever since we got J I am suspicious of everything.
Wednesday I went with my sister Deborah for Delaney's 800th blood draw. Poor kid.
Delaney on Wednesday at Dr. Pierre's office. GOSH she looks like her Mamma.
She had not yet met J and let's just say SHE LOVED HIM. Micah thought he was pretty cool too and kept saying "oh he's so cute, that baby's cute!" Delaney smothered him with a billion kisses.
Micah looking so grown up!
She was INCREDIBLY brave for her blood draw. She cried but did not kick, fight or hit anyone. That totally impressed me because I vividly recall when I worked there being kicked, hit and smacked by children MUCH OLDER than Delaney for blood draws and shots. Our family sure makes tough babies huh?
Delaney's blood work came back low AGAIN so they are repeating the CBC for the 7th or 8th time (I lost count) on Tues and if it's abnormal AGAIN they will be doing a bone marrow biopsy on Wednesday which NONE of us look forward to. Please pray for my sister Deborah as she has SO MUCH stress on her already and with all that's going on with Delaney, it's very hard for her right now. You can check her blog for more details on what's going on. The link is to the right in the link list.
Tomorrow we are leaving for Orlando and taking Makily and J to the Disney Parks. Not sure which one but we are going. Sunday I think we are lounging by the pool. I can't wait. I need a tan.
No I won't smile, but I WILL stick my tongue out at you!
Plotting to take over the world!
How J Helps get Makily ready in the morning...he steals her shoe, chews on it while laughing at me screaming "where's your other shoe Makily??" Little Booger!
Looking mischievous
All I could think was that I hate our insurance company and while they say Makily meets all the requirements for a "medical bed" that they do NOT cover the SleepSafe Bed.
What beds do they cover one might ask?
Well apparently it's a secret because no one at BCBS will tell me and they just keep repeating "Just submit the claim ma'am and if it's medically necessary we will pay it".
*sigh*
Transport was a half an hour late picking up J for visitation....which annoyed but did not surprise me.
I was told that J's bio mom said that she has noticed a difference in him the last several weeks. She says he is much happier and that she is grateful he is with wherever he was moved to this time.
That made me cry.
Of course there are many more details to all that, and I can't share them but some of the things that were said have left me feeling very confused toward her.
I am also now suffering from what I can only call "Foster Parent Paranoia".
I am locking and re-locking the doors. If someone looks at me funny and J is with me I am wondering if it's a relative or someone that knows his parents (when all reality they could be looking at me because I have poop smeared on my shirt or snot in my hair).
When I am here with the kids alone I don't answer the door unless it's the mail lady, UPS or someone I know. Today Allen was home and some 17 or 18 year old kid came knocking at the door. He told Allen his mom kicked him out of his house and he had nothing and wanted to mow our lawn. Then he asked Allen if he knew what it was like to have nothing and if we were in a recession? The kid fake cried a few times, Allen gave him the cash he had on him (which was a whopping two dollars, we are debit card users here) and he left. I watched him walk down the street and he did not go to any of the neighbors houses so I am wondering why he picked our house.
Ever since we got J I am suspicious of everything.
Wednesday I went with my sister Deborah for Delaney's 800th blood draw. Poor kid.
Delaney on Wednesday at Dr. Pierre's office. GOSH she looks like her Mamma.
She had not yet met J and let's just say SHE LOVED HIM. Micah thought he was pretty cool too and kept saying "oh he's so cute, that baby's cute!" Delaney smothered him with a billion kisses.
Micah looking so grown up!
She was INCREDIBLY brave for her blood draw. She cried but did not kick, fight or hit anyone. That totally impressed me because I vividly recall when I worked there being kicked, hit and smacked by children MUCH OLDER than Delaney for blood draws and shots. Our family sure makes tough babies huh?
Delaney's blood work came back low AGAIN so they are repeating the CBC for the 7th or 8th time (I lost count) on Tues and if it's abnormal AGAIN they will be doing a bone marrow biopsy on Wednesday which NONE of us look forward to. Please pray for my sister Deborah as she has SO MUCH stress on her already and with all that's going on with Delaney, it's very hard for her right now. You can check her blog for more details on what's going on. The link is to the right in the link list.
Tomorrow we are leaving for Orlando and taking Makily and J to the Disney Parks. Not sure which one but we are going. Sunday I think we are lounging by the pool. I can't wait. I need a tan.
No I won't smile, but I WILL stick my tongue out at you!
Plotting to take over the world!
How J Helps get Makily ready in the morning...he steals her shoe, chews on it while laughing at me screaming "where's your other shoe Makily??" Little Booger!
8 comments:
tara said.
love the pics! i hate that makily fell out again and that you have paranoia though, and will keep delaney in my prayers as well...have fun with the kids at disney!
Great pics! I would have a hard time with the paranoia thing too. I wonder if that ever goes away- even if you do adopt him? That would be hard. That's awesome that bio mom said he seems happier and she has noticed a change. Wonderful to hear, I am sure!
I googled those sleepsafe beds and they look awesome! I hope that works out so you can get one for her. Have you thought about putting a mattress on the floor for the time being? We did that with Lauren at first. We ended up getting a bed with a full back rail and a 3/4 front rail for her. She gets out and creates havoc in her room but doesn't fall out, thankfully! That would be scary!
I have to say that my heart goes out to delaney and her parents. It is a horrible thing to know there is something wrong and not find the answers. I went through that with Katy. It took months of blood draws, urine samples, brain scans and what nots to come to the anwser. Even then, there were only two more things to check before the doctors ran out of ideas. So I do feel for your little nice and will be praying for her health and safety.
On the other hand, I am very happy that JJ is flourishing with you. How could he not? Look at what youve done with Makily!
Im sending hugs your way. Have a blast in Disney world. WIsh I was there. Maybe I will stop by one day and actually meet you. We could hang out at Mcdonalds.
I love putting Jackson in overalls with no shirt. I like seeing their baby rolls hang out. JJ looks adorable. Makily is such a stinker. The personality is oozing in those pictures.
Girl, you should have taken a picture of Makily and video'd it.
Karuna's mom (Susan) did this from what I understand. Also, you should have taken her to the ER right away to get checked to get that on insurance. Then, the ER docs could have admitted her and told the insurance company they won't release her without that bed approval. This happened to Karuna's mom. (*pm her)
I would highly recommend doing this if she's falling out of that bed honey. Delete this post!
I love you, A
I'm signing off for 1 week. My blog sitters are taking care of me.
Should be interesting. A
LOVE the pictures! Makily looks so mischievious in some of those pictures. I love it! I'll keep you all in my prayers. LOve, J
Hi Trish!
Todd came home from work on Friday with a package and Lexi and I were eager to open it! It's so fun to get things in the mail and especially when it's for Reesie. We absolutely love the blanket. It's perfect. this is her first blanket with her name on it - one of a kind. Thank you for thinking of our baby girl. We will think of you every time I wrap her up in it.
We're so appreciative for your thoughtfulness and sweet gift.
Love,
Ashley, Todd and Reese
I was blog hopping and I recognized Makily from P2P... I haven't been on the boards in a LONG time so you probably don't remember me...I'll have to keep checking in on sweet Makily!!
Cristin... mama to Graham, RCDH
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