Well today was a very long day for us. We had to leave the house by 8am this morning in order to get Celidah to a friend's house for a birthday party. Then I had to get Corbyn to John Hopkins Hospital (JHH) for his bone marrow biopsy.
We arrive and I start checking him in and am informed we have a co-pay that must be paid before he can be registered and admitted for the procedure. Knowing this was NOT right I asked if they were sure about that, of there were new TriCare rules that had just changed. Well unrelenting on the copay I called our TriCare case manager to find out from her if we had a copay or not. With a solid I asked if I could put her on speaker phone to let the registration desk know about that. With the case manager also saying no copay, they decided it was a matter that needed to verified before he could be fully registered and checked in. So we were sent to wait until a verification on the copay had returned.
Finally about 15 minutes later they let me know I was correct and there was indeed no copay. With this we finished the registration and admission process for the biopsy.
At about 11 they called us into the waiting area for Corbyn to get dressed in a gown and all the final stuff done before his biopsy. Thank goodness the delayed registration process did not delay the procedure. They took him back, placed his IV, and put him to sleep.
He ended up with a bilateral punch biopsy today because one hip would not allow for the aspiration of any bone marrow. The second punch gave all that was needed. He is excused from school all week. We also had to stay just a tad bit longer due to them needing to make sure he was handling the pain from the biopsy and able to eat and drink. Finally, he was happy to be allowed to leave and go home.
So far Corbyn seems to be doing ok as long as he does not walk or move to much. Getting home was an adventure though. I had to stop by and get Celidah from a birthday party, then as we were pulling to the final stop sign that would get us home two MP's sped past with only lights no sirens. They split up and went right into our neighborhood.
As soon as I got close to home I could tell the largest cluster of MP's and MP vehicles was on my street. Others we walking with dogs and spotlights. They were clearly searching for something or someone. I as I arrived to the MP vehicle blocking our street I had to wait a few minutes to allow him time to come talk to me to verify I lived on the street and had valid reason to be there.
Just returning for John Hopkins Hospital with Corbyn (I still have the bracelet all parents have to wear) from his biopsy, I simply explained I needed to get him home. With his questions as to where we had been in the past couple hours I simply let him know I was just returning home from a day At JHH with my son who had a bone marrow biopsy and needed to get him and rest. He took note of our address, moved his car and let me proceed home. As I was driving by I heard the name of one of neighborhood kids being called and realized that we had a missing child.
Of course my first question to Frank upon getting home was "Are all the younger kids in the house and accounted for?" Puzzled he said yes so I told him about what we had seen. As soon as I mentioned the name I had heard to told me to go back and talk with them because she had just been at our house to play with the kids about an hour before. However they were finishing chores and getting dinner so she could not stay and play.
When the officer found out she has been at our house several times to play, he asked for my younger kid to come and talk with them so they could discover more playmate houses. My boys were able list off a bunch of names of kids they knew she played with, with that information the officers then taking some of the older kids with them to show them each the kids houses. It was due to the kids being paired with the officers that they found the little girl as quickly as did.
I am SO glad this little girl (Zach's age) was found safe in a house here on base and this was not a kidnapping situation. However, what made this so strange is this little was found on a street different than her bike. We are thinking she may have seen a dog, dropped her bike, and took off running as this child is terrified of dogs.
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