Last Tuesday, the day after our first day of school, Team Tate and Team Eliza headed back to UW Madison for what should be their last check-up of this year!
Blake and I were Tate and Eliza’s team that day, and Addie changed her day off of work so Lane would not be alone.
Siblings are currently not allowed in the hospital in Madison, so we could not take Lane with us!
We had two cute pups that we were watching last week, and Eliza came to find me that morning to tell me she had packed her backpack for the trip, ha, ha!
Nice try, sweet girl!
Our trip to Madison was uneventful and I wonder sometimes if our van could just get there all on its own because we go there so much!
Since Tate and Eliza’s first appointments started at 12:40 we gave ourselves enough time to grab some lunch before we headed to the hospital.
You know what it was, don’t you!!
Noodles, of course.
The first appointments that day were renal ultrasounds times two.
We call this “jelly on the belly” and Tate and Eliza have had this ultrasound many many times over the years since they have been home.
This checks on their bladders and their kidneys, which is important in children who have spina bifida.
We were asked to wear masks in the imaging area, but not anywhere else in the hospital.
Nope, I don’t get that either!
Next we headed upstairs to meet the new Urology NP.
The nurse practitioner that the children have seen since they arrived home from China retired this year.
The wait was not long at all!
We got checked in, which means the kiddos were weighed and measured.
We know Tate’s height and weight because he has had other appointments recently.
Eliza, not surprisingly really, is one half an inch away from 5 feet tall!!
Our leggy girl!
We met the new NP and LOVED her.
She showed us Tate and Eliza’s scans and she asked the kiddos some important questions.
Guess what?
All is STABLE!!
YAHOO!!
Next up was a quick stop at Costco were I was going to grab a few things and then saw THIS.
What in the world – why do I never know about things like this!!!!
That gave Blake and I the idea to make sure there wasn’t any other hidden gems there that day!
Which, of course, made our cart fuller than we intended, ha, ha!
But those truffles are PERFECTION my friends.
On our way out of town we stopped at a new favorite little coffee shop and barged right in to only learned that they were closed for the day.
Oops!
So we stopped at Kwik Trip instead to get Blake a coffee and the kiddos some lemonade.
Then it was time to head home!!
We arrived home around 5:30 to a delicious meal made by a beautiful daughter whom I cherish very much!!
It was an easy but long day!
Medical days just ARE that – even though there really was nothing to be worried about!
We could not be more thankful for the care our two precious Chinese cherubs receive at UW Madison Children’s Hospital.
Every single person we have dealt with there has been nothing short of absolutely wonderful!
It sure makes caring for the medical complexities of Tate and Eliza SO VERY EASY.
Praise the Lord with us!!!
Our Tate Owen and Eliza Claire are S T A B L E!!!!
And we do not have any appointments, Lord willing, until next summer!!!!
Thank you, Jesus, for all You have done!
