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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Um, yes, you take them out of school to go to the dentist and doctor. That's how it works.[/quote]

Then when do your kids GO TO SCHOOL?  My kids see pediatrician, dentist, orthodontist, ENT, and speech therapist (weekly).  A kid can NOT miss this much school.  [/quote]

The speech therapist is the only weekly appt, no?[/quote]

Two kids, two speech appointments per week.[/quote]

Are those during school hours or are they after school/weekends?

Are you a single parent?[/quote]

I am not a single parents but my husband has a 1.5 hour commute, so once he has left early in the morning, I am the only one within distance to handle these things.

Speech is only during school hours [b]or after school.[/b]  They are not weekends.  That would be nice.[/quote] I'm confused.  Doesn't this solve the problem?[/quote]

Yes, speech is not my problem at the moment.  My problem at the moment is the pediatric dentist who just called me to say she's going on vacation the week of March 28-April 1 so she has to reschedule my app.t which was originally scheduled 6 months ago for that Monday afternoon.  As you can imagine, all of the kids' parents want the after-school hours I practically now have to wait another 6 months for the next one available.  [/quote]

[b]For a cleaning? It will be fine[/b]. And why does a dentist appt have to take an entire day? Why would you use a vacation day on the dentist? And why doesn't your husband use any of his days or half days to help?
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We are getting into the weeds here, but this child, who was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate, had a bone graft on her gum line last summer to take bone from her hip and put it up into her gumline.  The graft is pending review now by the plastic surgeon b/c he is not sure if it "took" or not or if we'll have to repeat it this summer.  One of the most imperative things is scrupulous dental hygiene (for example, she has to brush floss and use mouthwash after every lunch in the nurse's office in school) b/c it is much more at risk for anything which would not be as damaging to someone with intact gumline bone, etc.  Sorry, this is all built upon a house of cards basically and yes, having two children with this special need (which is a lot more than most people think it is-- you don't just have the one operation and then everything is fixed, like Operation Smile and Smile Train make it seem like on their infomercials -- though giving to those organizations IS fine and yes probably does a lot of good to children in third world countries who have no chance of even the first surgery without it).  The kids were adopted from a third world country and both were born with cl/cp.  Anyway, this is all more than everyone wanted to know and maybe the original fault is not with the providers and I'll just continue sucking it up and trudging forward.  Also will probably look for a dentist and/or pediatrician who can do regularly scheduled things (well child visits, cleanings) on the weekends.  That sure would help a lot.  [/quote]

With all due respect, you adopted 2 children with special needs and your husband thinks this is all on you?
He needs to use his days and help you, block out times when he can go into work late and stay late or whatever,
 or leave early and work longer. Something has to give and being mad at the health care providers is not where to place your (very valid) frustration at your children's needs [/quote]

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