On November 20 we had Ethan's bi-annual visit to AI Dupont Hospital in Delaware to see Dr. Bober (geneticist). And this time we also saw Dr. McKennzie (ortho). Both check ups went great! They both said he's doing well and see no problems! And Dr. McKennzie also told us since he doesn't see any issues of concern & since to our insurance company wont cover us to bring Ethan there, he said we only have to make the trip once a year! YEAH!!! All we have to do is send him exrays in 6 months for him to review and if they look good he'll see us 6 months from then! Oh what a relief! It is a great expense for us to travel there. Between gas, food, a place to stay, and paying to see the doctors, it adds up real quick! The hospital has given us a discount everything because we have to pay out of pocket and this time they gave me papers to fill out for a program through the hospital that if we qualify we may get a larger discount! It would be so great if we do! But I wont hold my breath!!!
Our trip went very smooth considering we traveled 5 & 1/2 hours with a 3 yr. old and a 6 &1/2 mo. old. We left Wednesday morning. Surprisingly we only stopped 2 times on the way down, once for an hour for lunch and then one other time for a quick potty break! We were very impressed! And this time we had a GPS, which made a huge difference! I didn't have to read directions & get in trouble for making us go the wrong way! So if we missed a turn Fred just yelled at the lady in the GPS! It was great! We arrived in Delaware around 5:30 and were lucky to get to stay at the Ronald McDonald House.
The Ronald McDonald House is such an amazing place! They have multiple play rooms for the kids and tv lounges for everyone. A huge kitchen & dinning room. The staff/ volunteers are all so nice. We always meet so many wonderful people, and so many kids with so many different conditions.
Thursday we spent most of the day at the hospital waiting for and seeing doctors. But we also had friends join us. The Camenga family arrived in the afternoon for Seamus' doctors appointments. That night for dinner we all went to a Japanese Habatchi restaurant. It was our first time going to a Habatchi & it was great! It was alot of fun and Ethan got a kick out of using chop sticks! The boys enjoyed picking up goldfish crackers with their chop sticks!
On Friday we all got up early and headed to New Jersey to the Adventure Aquarium. It was awesome!
The first things we saw there were the hippos!
They are HUGE!
Collin thought the fish were very funny.
Everyone checking out the jelly fish.
They found Scuba Steve!
The kids really liked the shark tunnel. I was slightly terrified, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. I was just praying the glass wouldn't break!
Gracie loves baby Collin!
After the Aquarium we all went out for lunch. The boys were being really silly wearing Seamus' grandma's reading glasses!
When we all finished lunch, we went our separate ways. We headed back home and the Camenga's headed to see family in New Jersey. It was really great getting to make a little vacation out of our trip to see the doctors. And we enjoy getting to spend time with our very good friends.
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I totally forgot to take pictures! oops! But we had a good day! We had dinner and desserts at our house with lots of family. It was such a busy day that Ethan and I went to bed at 8:30 (which is real early for us)!
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Yay, I've been looking forward to this post! You got great pictures! I'll be sure to send you all of mine. I have to have the one of Grace and Collin! We did have a great time, can't wait to take another fun trip!
What a great trip! I'm glad that Ethan's appointments went well and that you may qualify for a larger discount - Yay! Great pictures - Ethan and Seamus look like lifelong best buddies! Grace and Collin look like they had fun together too! All four of them are such cuties!
What a great trip - good news from the doctors and good times with friends! Ethan and Seamus are too cute together, although it looks like they could cause quite a bit of trouble if they wanted to!
What a relief to hear you only have to make the trip once a year! The kid's looked like they had a great time!! Do you waulify for any other subsidies? Email me and I can help you find some!
That's great news. I loved reading how much you enjoyed the RMH. My husband works for McDonald's Corp. here in WA and we have been wanting to get more involved with the RMHC buy donating our time there and other activities with our friends and family. I hope to be able to spend more time with RMH in the future. Do you mind if I share your comments about RMC with others?
Happy Holidays!
Katie
Wow! I'm so glad Ethan had a great checkup in Delaware and the plan to make the trip only once a year is awesome! I sure do understand how quickly the expense of the trip adds up! How fun is that aquarium?! My girls loved the hippos and the shark tunnel the best when we went this past summer! Glad you had a great Thanksgiving too!
I love the pictures! The boys are so adorbale together! I am so happy to hear that Ethan was good to go. I have to go to Hopkins tomorrow and hate all that driving in one day! My favorite pics are the ones in the glasses. Classic and definitely should be saved to show future girlfriends!
You got some great pictures. So glad that your trip went well.Glad that you got some great news from the doctors.
how cool is this. miss you guys ,, uncle john
hi guys, 78 and sunny here
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