Lily's foot

Wednesday night, bath, jammies, normal night...until Lily jumps off her bed and screams in pain. We check her out, she can wiggle her toes, so we move on. Poor kid. We were all, go to bed, you'll be fine. She wakes up a few times in the night crying, "my foot still hurts!" In the morning, she won't walk on it, so I take her to the doctor. When he comes into the room, Lily says, "I'm ok, it doesn't hurt anymore." Dr. Lau checks it out anyway. I tell him, that it's hard to tell what is really going on because Lily is such.....umm......a fan of the theater. He has a daughter, nods, understands. When he touches a spot a half inch above her left toe, she groans. So, it's back home, have Matt come home to stay with Ben, go get an x-ray. We go, we wait, we wait, we get 2 x-rays, we wait, we wait, we get 1 more x-ray, we wait. There's a fracture, wait for your Dr. to call and tell you what to do next. Wait some more, call the office, they're at lunch, wait, wait, page him, wait, he calls, go to Orthopedic, no appt. until tomorrow at 2. We go home, carry Lily everywhere and try to keep Ben (WWF Loco Chickito) away from her. Back up to Santa Monica. We were given the wrong address. Late for appointment. Pay another parking charge. Finally get to the orthopedic (for our 3rd copay and 4th parking charge). There's a fracture. Yes, we know that, now what? She needs a boot, you have to go to this other place. Soooo, another copay, another parking charge. (I don't know what to do about insurance, but this is NOT it). I must say that the people involved in this whole process were wonderful. It's not their fault that the system is bonkers. They were so good to Lily. She is the bravest kid! She was such a trooper and just hilarious. She was so excited to get that boot. I can't even tell you all of the hilarious songs and stories she made up during all that waiting. She kept me entertained!

Lily, you amaze me, my little booted beauty.