Appointment with Shriner's

       Before we left the hospital our pediatrician had given us the information to get things going with Shriner's. Clay called them as soon as the Doctor left the room, I told him that specialist aren't going to be working on Saturdays, but he wanted to get the ball rolling as soon possible. Of course no one answered, so he left a message with both departments. On Monday morning Clay called again and this time was able to get our application submitted and get all Ava's info to them. Clay was told that we would get a call later that day with the scheduling department to set up a time for us.....so we wait......all day.  Tuesday morning Clay called again to see what the problem was and this time got transferred straight to the scheduling department( that's more like it). When we had talked to our pediatrician he had said that they should get us in the same week, well when we talked to Shriner's they didn't have any openings till October 17!  Two months! Neither me or Clay were okay waiting 2 months to get any kind of answers, not acceptable. So I called our pediatrician to see if we could get the info for Primary Children's, we figured we would see if they might be able to see us sooner then 2 months. I left a message for the medical assistant to give me a call back with the info. While we were waiting for that return call Shriner's called us back. They said that our pediatrician had just called them and had explained Ava's situations to them. He said the Doctor said he would feel more comfortable if Ava could be seen as soon as possible.(Yeah, LOVE my pediatrician!!) So the scheduling department had been talking with the doctors to see if anyone would squeeze us in, and we got an appointment 2 weeks out August 25, so much better.
        Later that day I took Ava in to be checked for Jaundice. My pediatrician had a full schedule for the day, so I had an appointment with one of the others that worked in his office. Nice thing about having a special baby though is the doctors remember you and take a special interest in you. My pediatrician came in with the other doc while Ava's blood test was running to tell me he had called up to Shriner's and was really glad they got us in sooner. He also wanted me to know that the Doctor that would be seeing us was the best orthopedic specialist in the whole Intermountain Region. He said he had worked with him himself and he was a great man and we would be well taken care of! I was so glad he had come to talk to me! Finally some good new and now we only had to wait another week and a half to get some answers.