Ellie's got a brand new...Doctor!

Well, we finally found a pediatrician we like. Dr.Audrey was recommended to us by Dr.Duff actually. They did their residency in Oklahoma together. So it was nice to have that connection. She's great. We had a doctor consultation with her to get to know her and talk about Ellie's health history. She obviously has handled a few preemies in her day and of course knew all the language we were speaking! Asked about all of her potential issues. She said they would actually set up follow up appts through their office - cardiologist, ophthalmologist, and even a pulmonologist just to see if Ellie would need a second season for Synagis during RSV season. She also said she could assist us in getting ECI (Early Childhood Intervention) set up here where she would qualify for it until age 3 (through the major developmental things like crawling, walking). This is a continuation of what Jeannette (our occupational therapist) helped us with before - although I think it'll be run a bit differently. The commute to her office is about 10 minutes although it depends on traffic! It is closer to the "hospital district"...so not used to a city with more than one hospital to choose from! It's close to the Ronald McDonald House too! Oh, and this place actually is open for sick kids on Saturday/Sunday and there is no charge to call a triage nurse! Even though we all know my sister, Wendy is our personal triage nurse :) Love ya Wen! :) All in all, we were both happy in choosing Dr. Audrey as Ellie's pediatrician! We've scheduled her 1 year well-check...weird! We pray we don't have to actually see Dr. Audrey until then!