Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Chase was sick again on Tuesday morning. He said he had severe pain in his stomach; at one point he said the pain was excruciating. Mama really wanted Chase to go to school, and she told Nanaw to take him. But when Nanaw got to the drop-off place, Chase wouldn't get out of the car so Nanaw left and went home. Mama wanted Nanaw to take Chase to the Columbia urgent care clinic. But when they got there, the urgent care clinic had closed in December 2023. Mama had forgotten that it closed. So then Mama asked Nanaw to take Chase to the urgent care clinic on Telegraph Road. When they got there, Nanaw was told that they had to get on the waitlist and then it would be several hours before a doctor would be with them. Nanaw asked Mama what they should do, and at first, she said they should get on the list and then find out if they could go home and come back when it was their turn. Then she said that instead, Nanaw should call Chase's doctor's office and see if they could get him in. So that's what they did; they had an appointment for 3:10 p.m. Mama texted Nanaw to let her know Chase's homework was in the black box outside the front door of the school. Nanaw and Chase picked up the homework and then they went to Chase's house, and he worked on his homework. He got everything done except his science. At the doctor's appointment, Nanaw really liked the doctor, and the doctor came up with some good ideas for Chase. She thinks he might have irritable bowel syndrome. She put her suggestions in a document for the gastroenterologist appointment on Thursday. The picture below is Chase lying on the exam table playing with the car phone. The day ended well with Chase feeling like his healthy self.