Hannah's appts' in Spokane

Monday, My friend and I journeyed to Spokane Washington, about 1.45 hours away with our youngest children for Hannah's appointments with two specialists, One is for her eyes and one is for her Asthma. I have a hard time making the trip on my own so Genesha and her little ones came along to keep us company and help out. she also needed to finish her Christmas shopping so it worked well.

Hannah's first appt was with her pediatric opthomologist. her eyes are looking good so far and we were given the OK to stop the drops to dialate the one eye. her right eye is look OK at this point so we are going to give her left eye a break from the drops. Next visit will be in three months and we will be dilating her eyes and looking at her retina and such to make sure the inner eye is looking good still.

Hannah's second appointment was with an allergy asthma specialist. normally we would see Dr. Drain in Pullman- she comes down four times a month to a clinic set up at Pullman Hospital, but Hannah was in the hospital sick when she was scheduled to be seen and so we had to go up to Spokane to fit her in before the new year and our deductibles reset. The visit went well and we talked about a plan to take care of her lungs during the cold and flu season. Besides the normal washing hands and asking those that have colds not to visit. It is nice to have a plan.
I have been so happy to learn that Hannah will also receive the synagis shot, a shot to stop RSV. This shot is reserved for those that meet the guide lines set and are under 2 years old. Hannah qualified for another round this year and I am stoked! I was very worried. It is a very spendy drug. (about 3000$ a shot) good thing insurance will cover all of it. She will get 5 shots, once a month for the five months of RSV season. This will not stop her from getting common colds. She also got the Flu shot this year, so we are praying that she will not see the hospital this winter. We are trying to plan for it, if it happens with building up Trent's vacations leave so that we are prepared. We figure better to be safe than sorry. There is still a high change that even all that we are doing she will still end up in the Hospital with Pneumonia and will need oxygen and meds. So if you live around or are thinking of a visit, if you have been sick, were around someone that was sick in the last 48 hours or are not feeling "right" be kind and stay away!
Otherwise all is good. I have three dresses to sew in the next week or so and then to get ready for our trip to Grandma Leanna and Grandpa Bills house for Christmas in Idaho Falls. we will be there for a week from the 23 to the 30th. We are so excited and the children are counting down.