To say this weekend didn't quite start off as planned is an understatement.
The adventure began on Friday at lunch time when Ruby declared: "Mommy, look! I have a sunflower seed in my nose!" She was more than thrilled about it and I honestly thought it was funny too but tried to be an adult and hide my smirk. She was correct indeed. I could see the sunflower seed in her right nostril..... just far enough away that a finger or q-tip wouldn't reach. I asked her to blow and this is where Ruby's poor nose-blowing skills came back to haunt me. And just like that it was gone, sucked up her nose. Poof.
She was totally fine and I forgot about it for a while. I was busy getting myself and the kids packed up for a trip to Sackville where Ryan and I both had dentist appointments that afternoon. When we arrived I phoned telecare to confirm what I should do about the 'seed situation' and was told that Ruby definitely needed to be seen by a doctor.
Great.
Since we were in the tiny town of Sackville we decided to take Ruby to their tiny hospital hoping that a smaller population would translate to a shorter wait. We were dead wrong. DEAD wrong.
We waited for 5 hours only to be told by a very strange doctor that he couldn't see the seed. He referred us to the ENT in Moncton where we waited another hour and a half on Saturday morning. This particular Dr. Giberson was very friendly and downright awesome, but he too told us the seed was AWOL. I know I should have been happy but after all this time, all this waiting around, I was kinda hoping for a little action. A little digging into her nose to capture the seed that kidnapped most of our weekend. But, just as quickly as the adventure began Friday at lunch time, it ended Saturday at lunch time.
Here's some of what we did to entertain ourselves as Friday day dragged into Friday night. We were feeling rather silly as you can clearly see.
A special congrats goes out to Ruby who was brave and well behaved through the whole ordeal. One good thing about choosing the small hospital for our five hour wait is the fact that we basically take over the joint. We walked (and ran) around that place for hours. We were definitely good entertainment to the other poor souls waiting along with us. When it was our turn, Ruby let the doctors look up her nose without even squirming. No tears, no fuss. I was truly impressed. What a brave, silly little girl.
Honourable mention goes out to Leo who dealt with a forced separation from his mommy for what seemed like two entire days. I really missed the little guy. I really, really missed him. So, in an effort to include Leo in our family adventure here's a video of what he's been up to lately:
Now, for Pete's sake, no more doctors for a while guys. Enough already!
Just found another video of Leo. This one was taken by his Poppy. They were having fun while the three of us were sitting around the stupid hospital:
A special congrats goes out to Ruby who was brave and well behaved through the whole ordeal. One good thing about choosing the small hospital for our five hour wait is the fact that we basically take over the joint. We walked (and ran) around that place for hours. We were definitely good entertainment to the other poor souls waiting along with us. When it was our turn, Ruby let the doctors look up her nose without even squirming. No tears, no fuss. I was truly impressed. What a brave, silly little girl.
Honourable mention goes out to Leo who dealt with a forced separation from his mommy for what seemed like two entire days. I really missed the little guy. I really, really missed him. So, in an effort to include Leo in our family adventure here's a video of what he's been up to lately:
Now, for Pete's sake, no more doctors for a while guys. Enough already!
Just found another video of Leo. This one was taken by his Poppy. They were having fun while the three of us were sitting around the stupid hospital:
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