We are finally getting some answers to what has been going on with my girl.  First off she's doing great .. it's really been a crazy ride, I have learned soooo much.  I was finally able to get her into the pysch which I am never thrilled with only because it has been my experience in a small town based upon the shrinks there they medicate and never follow up.  This guy is way different I LIKE him.  Especially considering the battle I did with the neurologist.  That guy was so smart he was stupid kind of deal .. he had my kid worked up so bad she was headed back to the ER after he told her she can control her ticking and there was nothing wrong .. oh by the way .. he doesn't know anything about anxiety.  And let's be clear I sure as heck don't know more than a Dr .. I'm looking at him thinking WTF do you know?  As he's insisting on putting her on a heavy med that in our family doesn't go down well .. it causes people in my life to break out in DUI's and arrests .. this is not a drug I'm woo hooing about.  While I don't know a lot about the brain .. I sure do have a LOT of experience with the effects of addiction pills as well as alcohol throw anxiety in there too.  It scares me a great deal with it comes to the kids and I really try to let go however it's always there.  This Dr listened and took in what I had to say, as well as what my daughter was exhibiting.  Believe it or not he's got her on a low dose of blood pressure meds and as needed anxiety meds that she's not to take daily.  If she is .. there is a bigger problem.  Well, I got her into a different Dr and they did a hormone check and just basic blood work and the results were a shock.  Her vit D is WAY low so they are dosing her once a week for a couple of months and then putting her on birth control to even out some hormone stuff.  None of this will interfere with what she's taking.  It may level her out enough that the only thing she needs to be on is the emergency anxiety meds. 

She's currently at school and doing well.  A tad freaked out over classes and being away from home however she's got good support there and has been making LOTS of friends which I'm thrilled about .. so this is a good thing.  Pretty much very typical freshman college stuff, the good stuff, she's got a great boyfriend if I haven't said how much I like this kid .. I seriously love this guy.  No creepy vibes, no creepy stuff going on just a genuinely nice person.   He's gotten a good taste of her independence and the fact he's pursuing her I love it!  Best of all she's happy, confident and just amazing me daily.  I miss her like crazy.  I'm lucky because I get to see her once or twice a week right now and that will change over time and I am not so much ready .. I am willing to let her fly which is a step in the right direction.  It helps to have my little nugget still making me crazy daily.  If I can give him a similar gift of learning and growth .. I am truly a lucky mom.  He's bitten off a LOT this year and he's aware of it .. we just keep plugging along.

To give everyone an idea why I consistently say the God of my understanding has a way wicked sense of humor .. I had planned on being out of the office for the morning the day of my daughter's appointment.  I was gone all day .. why was I gone all day?  Well I hate walgreen's .. yes .. I hate walgreen's with a passion.  I was very well behaved considering .. the script was sent in via computer at noon.  We drove slow.  Was told that it would be ready in 10 min this was at 1230ish .. my first mistake was assuming they were discussing 2 scripts because why would anyone ask .. how many scripts are you expecting?  They went at the same time .. did I mention this?  So we leave .. come home .. E gets more things for school she decided she needed .. I got to relax for a min and then we went for a quick lunch.  Head back to Walgreen's .. I have mentioned I hate this place right?  This is not the first time I have done this dance with them  We decide to do the drive thru and I realized they didn't ask me for ID .. they didn't ask me to sign anything so we did not get what we need.  As I buzz the lady there I am told there is only one script and there must have been a mistake made by me.  Umm .. yes .. because this was my prime objective and when I am on a mission trust me .. I am ON a mission.  So I take my daughter for ice cream because nothing soothes the inner dragon/satan like cold things.  E and I have a good time, I feel a little more normalized no more dragon lady making an appearance I have already called the Dr's office earlier waiting for a call back .. maybe I did make a mistake and didn't hear him right .. LOL .. so I then call walgreen's .. I really hate that place if I haven't said so before .. I just really want to be clear about my feelings about walgreen's .. it's important .. lol.  I am informed NO new script.  This is after the wall of trying to find a real person to talk to and I inform her I am on my way in there will be a script and I will be picking it up.  At that point my daughter's Dr called in and said I pushed the button .. I said I KNOW .. I watched you ... LOL . can you please push it again?!  So he obliged and did so.  He's a very funny man.  I like that.  We go into walgreen's (again .. just saying I do NOT like that place) .. the young woman behind the counter tries to give me the meds I have already picked up and I once again point out no that's not the script.  It is now 3PM.  Needless to say my work day is completely shot.  The poor woman actually says to me that will be ready at 430PM.  HOLY COW!  Let's just say it was all I could do NOT to jump the counter to fill the script myself at this point.  My girl looks at the woman and takes a step backwards rubbing my back whispering to me mom .. just breathe it's all ok .. she's eyeballing the woman going seriously lady you have NO idea what's getting ready to fly.  I breathe .. look at the woman and proceed to run down my day .. where I am suppose to be where my daughter is suppose to be and how I am not suppose to be IN walgreen's for another hour and a half and very honestly they do not want me there for that kind of time.  I was told they could have it ready in 30 min.  So we sit apparently across from me is a poor sick man with a toddler who feel the same way I do about walgreens and boy he was running at the mouth to his spouse I assume.  He mentioned going anywhere except walgreen's and I chimed in with we're following YOU!  LOL.  So now there is a line .. bless my daughter .. if this didn't cause an anxiety attack she's seriously good.  The woman standing in line makes a comment about picking up meds that were called in and I point out may the force be with her because I had been waiting since noon for 2 scripts to be filled .. apparently their standard answer of 10 min means an hour walgreen's time.  I felt a little like the Bruce Banner trying to suppress the Hulk instead I'm suppressing my inner dragon lady.  I was in containment mode at that point.  My daughter pointed out when I started talking to the customer's waiting she actually saw paper fly and they decided we needed to leave sooner than later.  We FINALLY get the meds it's now 330PM.  The poor man behind me who has bronchitis says .. psst whatever it is .. seriously I will take vicodian .. I will PAY you for the pills .. we can take it to the parking lot .. LOL .. I said sorry not those kinds of pills or I would so totally hook him up!!  Because of the time we stopped and got her brother and he was thrilled he got to see his sissy and drove with us back to her school and we were able to get home I want to say it was probably after 530PM before I walked in the door . I left at 430AM that day to clock a couple hours before my adventure.  I was exhausted is putting it mildly and get to do this again without walgreen's hopefully next go around.  The true story of this is that I waited for 2 hours in 10 min increments and it was the SAME pharmacist .. so this is a chronic issue there .. THAT script I took in myself. 

So 2 days later I get a frantic call from my son at school and I asked him to get a copy of his shot record.  I was going to pick him up and we would just go get his sports physical which was a WHOLE other experience.  That was NOT at walgreen's .. lol.  Well, he was informed by the office he didn't exist in the system and based upon his records he had zero shots.  Umm .. WTF .. so I call the school can't get a human so I follow the directions hoping for a human .. I get a school nurse by pressing 3 and turns out this is not the right school nurse .. it's the elementary school nurse.   WHOLE DIFFERENT CAMPUS .. UGH!!!  We are both confused and I figure it's lunch time so I will call back .. sure enough I call back and wind up with the same woman .. and say ok .. so I know you are not the person I need let's work backwards so I can figure out what's going on .. why am I getting you?  Turns out after me asking why would ABC Middle School be transferring the calls here ... she was the nurse from the previous year .. how they had the calls to her .. I am TOTALLY confused however .. whatever .. we have a problem and how do I get through to the school without speaking to automated crazy.  I get the direct line which I'm trying to decide if I should auction this golden number to the highest bidder or hide it stealth mode on my phone .. I went for stealth mode .. less complicated and God forbid they change the number because I have gone rogue.  All I wanted to do was get my kid a sports physical seriously .. how hard is that?  Sooo .. I finally get the right nurse she's a lovely woman and I need to go in and introduce myself considering I would name my next child after her if I were having any more children.  We spoke a LOT that day.  As she's trying to rush me off the phone I stop her and say umm .. you need to be aware that if your phone has been quiet there is a good reason and explain the calls are going to a whole other school .. not just the wrong number .. an entirely different campus.  LOL . that got her attention after the whole where are my kids records.  In the mean time my kid is freaking out and of course he thinks it's something I have done and all I did was ask for a copy of shot records so I could go directly to get a sports physical .. my mistake.  Sigh .. why why why why .. seriously why.  FINALLY he gets the copy of the records and I get another call from the school nurse .. see I love it when it comes to deflection .. something didn't happen so let's blame the other person ... and I was informed he was not up to date on his shots .. umm .. I don't find that possible since he's been in the school system for 2 years going on 3 .. I think someone would have noticed .. LOL!!  So she realizes he's a transfer and calls the old schools .. seriously .. this couldn't have happened in the first place?  She apologized and I had a good laugh and I was already tired from 2 days ago .. this was so not what I was looking to do .. honestly .. I was very happy to just go home and "forget" .. I don't have the luxury .. LOL.  So after some shock from my boy over finding out he's now of an age he's checked for hernias .. looking like a kicked puppy .. I'm going dude .. as women your sister and I have it just as bad with something that looks like a duck and can be a little intimidating .. I'm not feeling to sorry for you at this point.  Simple fact .. sports or no sports .. up to you.  After being informed he was done and a seriously hysterical conversation .. I almost spit my drink a couple of times .. boy is seriously funny .. I was notified I owed him dinner at least after that experience.  So we had some mother son bonding time and I am just grateful for now ALL of that is done!!!! 

I wonder why I am tired .. I slept for a good 18 hours over the weekend and hoping that I am less tired this week .. I am under crunch time with all of the time I missed .. a little freaked out however it's going to be ok.  God love my son because with all of his sister's health stuff his enrollment and so on took a backseat which is why he needed the physical as it was due Friday.  I just never in a million years dreamed it would be THAT hard to get a copy of shot records that they had to have to enroll him in school.  Oi!!!

This is the challenge of being a single mom and doing the gig on my own.  I am so grateful that I don't have to do any of this again for a while .. now I'm stomping around in my head because I will be required to do the whole sports mom thing and I'm telling you that is so not my thing.  Track was the worst because I waited 8 hours to see my kid do a 20 second event in 100 degree weather and that wasn't even TX!? 

Hugs S :)