This day can suck it

i was supposed to go to the doctor's appointment today with Alan and D. Originally it was scheduled for 1:30, so i took 1/2 day off to be there. Then yesterday (i think; could have been Wednesday), the doctor's office called and asked to push it back to 12:00. 12:00 is not a great time. To get 1/2 day in, i have to work until 11:30, and it's 45 minutes from work to the doctor. Plus Alan has to be at work at 1:00, so he couldn't really do a 12:00 appointment alone, but we decided that since we'd really like to get her diagnosed and treated sooner rather than later, we went with it. And yes, we know that the doctor is just trying to leave early and are not amused.

So i got to work an hour early this morning just to make sure i got a full 1/2 day in (and i had a lot to get done). Around 9:30, the doctor called to change the time of the appointment again, this time to 11:15. The doctor apparently had a very important tee time, er, meeting. This made it easier for Alan to go, but harder for me to, since i'd have to leave work at 10:30 to make it and i had way too much to get done, would have to come back in, blah blah.

So we decided to keep the appointment and Alan would go without me, and this would free up 1/2 day vacation for me to go to the Food Therapy appointment on Monday (it never ends!). The doctor, naturally, was running late and didn't actually enter the exam room until 11:55. Grumble grumble grumble. Which put Alan in a rush because he would have to drive all the way back past our house to drop her off at daycare and then back almost to the same place by 1:00, 1:15 at the latest. Yeah.

So they did the scope procedure, putting a tube down D's nose, and Alan says she did really well, just fussing a little bit. They did, indeed, confirm that D has Laryngomalacia, or soft larynx. Alan told me hours later (after the doctor was on the golf course, i'm sure) that they asked him if she's ever turned blue. So now i'm entirely freaked out that this could cause her to stop breathing! They say it's not that bad, probably won't need surgery, etc. But still, not exactly a good thing to hear without the ability to ask follow-up questions. Eeep!

The afternoon, otherwise, was okay, but i ended up having to stay late. Which is normally fine, but i got there early, so that's no fun. And of course the doctor's appointment put D behind on her food thing, so here i am, waiting for her to wake from her nap so i can stuff as much food down her gullet as possible.

Aaaaannnddd, when i got home, one of the dogs had peed on the carpet, for the first time in years. Little snot!

But, there is cake. Oh, yes, there is cake.