So it begins....

Today is Josephs appointment with his endocrinologist. She is a wonderful doctor and has looked after him well. We are now at the stage where we generally get seen by her every 3 months, where we have to do Josephs bloodspots in the middle of appointments. We are very lucky that we have a friend who is a nurse on the childrens ward where Joseph often goes when he is poorly, so she taught us how to do his blood spots, which was initially a very daunting task, but thankfully it now isn't so scary.

Anyway, as usual I have a list of questions to ask Josephs doctor, and everytime she is very willing to talk to me about everything I ask. She never dismisses me as a difficult person (she is very patient like that) and she takes everything I say very seriously. She is a very firm believer in Mothers Instincts! I have a couple of very small concerns, that have been niggling away at me for a couple of weeks now, but I tend not to worry knowing that I am due to have an appointment coming up, which is usually the case in the weeks leading up to the next appointment.

She has always told me to call her or the hospital straight away if I feel my concerns are urgent, and he either gets admitted 90% of the time, or she will call me back.

Joseph often gets excited on his outpatients appointments as he gets a lot, and I mean A LOT of attention, and he certainly soaks it all up, bless him!

I will blog on here later to say how it all went. I am so grateful to have Joseph being cared for so greatly by an amazing team of doctors and nurses at our local hospital and I cannot fault any single one of them.