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Carlo had new tubes put in his ears on Friday.  There was nothing else for it.  The old ones had come out after only seven months, whereupon he instantly got an ear infection.  Seeing as he has not had any ear infections since the first tubes went in last February and he has been growing […]

Nicky

April 2006

September 2007

November 2008

6 years and 8 mo

8 years and 2 mo

9 years and 4 mo

35.5 lb, <3rd percentile

42.75 lb, <3rd percentile

48 lb, <3rd percentile

43″, <3rd percentile

45.5″, <3rd percentile

47.5″, <3rd percentile

Noelle

August 2004

September 2007

November 2008

1 year and 1 mo
4 years and 2 mo
5 years and 4 mo

21.9 lb, 50th percentile
44 lb, 91st […]

Well, I had to follow-up.
I emailed the coordinator in Nicky’s orthopedist’s office to see if she had contact information for the neural monitoring fellow.  She responded and said not to worry.  She’d follow-up with them and have them properly resubmit and I wouldn’t ever get a bill, because they only accept insurance.  She […]

Gotta love them, don’t you.  There is always one I’m working on at any given time.
Nothing like getting a check for $760.60 and an EOB that says you’ll owe the provider $2208.37.  I suppose it could be much worse, given the $$$ CHOP actually bills for Nicky’s surgeries.  This is for the neural monitoring, I […]

Poor Noelle is beset with nose bleeds.  She had another one last night and they are especially traumatic at night, as its not a particularly pleasant way to be awoken.
Nicky went back to school the Monday after his Thursday surgery and, wouldn’t you know, the school nurse called me that day.  I saw the number […]