Well, Wednesday was a mixture of frustration and fun. We had our follow up appointments at Cook's Children's in Fort Worth. It all started with the lovely rainy weather. It rained all the night before so the ground was nice and soaked. This made for interesting travel. But we did o.k. It was Gabby, myself, & MeMe on an adventure to Ft. Worth.
Our first stop was with the Orthopedic doctor, Dr. Vara. We barely skated in on time. I have to say, again, that the doctors and staff at Cook's are awesome. Dr. Vara talked to GABBY and listened to her. I was there to just fill in what she left out. We filled him in on the whole history with her foot. He then ordered a whole bunch of new x-rays and did a physical exam on her. Good News! The fracture is healed! Dr. Vara showed us the x-rays with the comparison between her two feet/ankles. You could see the difference in the bones because of her not using the one leg for 4 months. He then ordered some lab work to be done because he wants to make sure there is nothing else going on. He's checking for vitamin deficiency, calcium, & rheumatoid issues. He told Gabby that he wanted her to stay in the boot for another month. So, we will be back in Ft. Worth to see him in February and may have another MRI.
Next, we went to the lab at Cook's Children's for Gabby's blood work to be done. I was really impressed here too. They actually spray the area where they are going to draw the blood with a numbing spray so that it won't hurt! Heck! Why don't other labs and doctor's offices think of this?? So, even though they had to pull over 4 tubes of blood from her, it wasn't really painful at all.
Well, unfortunately by this time we had to run to our last appointment of the day much to the frustration of our tummies! But onward we went to visit with Dr. Ghandi & her physician's assistant, Fred. We like Fred. Fred met us at the room and started talking with Gabby. He had Gabby laughing and smiling the whole time. She told him about wanting to try out for cheer leading and Fred was very honest with her. He told her that we are going to slowly attempt to be at the point where she can try out but she also has to understand that we don't want to push her recovery so that she won't be back at square one with the injury. That was all the incentive Gabby needed. Dr. Ghandi then came to visit with Gabby. She also told Gabby that we need to progress slowly. The good news from Dr. Ghandi was that Gabby can slowly start working in therapy to get off of her crutches. You would think that Dr. Ghandi told Gabby she won the lottery at that point! So, we are going to be back to see Fred & Dr. Ghandi in February also.
By this time we were starving. It was about 3:30pm in the afternoon. Most people that know me, know that I hate big cities and traffic. So, I had used Mapquest to map out where we were going from the doctor's office. Gabby & MeMe wanted Mexican food and we decided we were going to try to find Joe T. Garcia's since Aunt CJ & Uncle Michael had bragged about it. So, we start on our way to Joe T's and end up really lost!! I finally got fed up with the mapquest and Ft. Worth's crazy roads and found a place to park. I pulled out my handy cell phone and found my GPS app. I put in the address for where we wanted to go and off we went. Unfortunately, by this time, Joe T's was closed for the afternoon. More frustration but we were laughing and joking as we were lost in Ft. Worth. Gabby told MeMe that I was scaring her! LOL!
So, off we go with our handy GPS to find Sam Moon and somewhere to eat along the way. I notice that the GPS is taking us down some unknown streets and start wondering "did the settings have us staying away from major roads?" Well, we finally happened upon Rosa's Cafe & decided we were stopping because our stomachs could no longer take the torture. While we were eating I decide to check the settings on the GPS on my phone. Yep! It was set to avoid highways!! (See me banging my head against the table now!)
After we finally filled our tummies, we were determined to continue our fun and frustrating adventure. We were going to Sam Moon's to look at jewelry, purses, & so much more of girly heaven (as Gabby puts it). Let me tell you, I found one of my new favorite shopping spots!! Here we found a purse for Caitlin that she wanted that if we had bought it in Waco would have cost us $45 to $50 but at Sam Moon's it was $24.99. It's so cute too. It's red with camo and has the western cross on it too. Of course, we tell her she could put the whole state of Texas in her purse but she loves it. Gabby found a duffel bag & accessories case that was black & white zebra print with purple trim. This was a huge bargain also. The bag was $11.99 and the smaller one was $6.99. Can't find it that cheap anywhere else. So, we had fun exploring the bargains at Sam Moon's.
Now it was time to return home. Luckily we didn't have anymore frustration on the way home. It was a straight shot down I-35 and we were home before 7pm. Even with the frustration of traffic, weather, & getting lost; we had a good time joking and laughing all the while. Plus, we had good news from the doctors so that we knew God was listening to our prayers. :)
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