Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Not so Bad

I saw Dr Sasquatch today. He has gotten a haircut since April 13th. Other than that he looked the same. I was sitting in the chair and he turned the corner and I looked up and there he was. I remembered how he looked when he ran into the room after Blaine was born, throwing his coat off into the chair and rushing to see Blaine. And miracle, he remembered me! He said I looked different though, I said "ya I haven't been sitting in the hospital for two days." I gave him a brief reminder about what happened in April and told him about my ecotopic in August. He gave me his condolences and said how sorry he was that I lost the baby in April and that was a horrible time in my life. I like that he said that. And sounded sincere too. I've decided to keep seeing him for my care in this pregnancy. I feel like he gets it. And he has a plan and that's what I need, a man with a plan! He mapped it all out, what we're going to do and what if this happens or that happens. And I get an ultrasound every two weeks!! yeah!! So, once the inital feeling wore off of seeing him after all this time I felt good and relaxed with him. And his hands weren't nearly as big as I remembered! And he remembered Blaine. With all of the dead and living babies he has seen in the past 7 months something about us stuck out. That made me feel like Blaine was important to someone outside our little family. On a humourous note, he shares an office with someone so I'm not sure who they belong to but there are some weird posters up. One room I was in had a poster of a pantless Burt Reynolds (maybe late 1970's). He had his back to the camera so you can't see anything but his hairy butt and someone covered that with a post it note! lol And then in the next room there's pictures of a topless Tom Selleck playing volleyball! (again late 70's) Strange.

2 comments:

Big Love, Big Acceptance - or so I say said...

So glad to your dr. appt went well and that he remembered Blaine and was so kind. A good care provider makes all the difference in the world to me! And the posters sound like a riot!

Dana said...

I'm glad it wasn't too hard to see Dr. Sasquatch again. I found it hard to see my OB at my 6 week pp, but seeing her face doesn't cause flashbacks anymore. I LOVE that he remembered you. It feels good to know that you stood out, that your situation and Blaine weren't just more patients that he had to deal with.

I'm so glad he mapped out a plan. Even though I'm not pregnant (as of this morning), I wish I had a definite plan for next time. It's great that he is giving you so many ultrasounds. You will have so many great pictures of this baby and it will be so reassuring to see him/her so often. It may be a bit scary too though...at least until you feel the baby moving all the time.

I'm so curious who wants pictures like those up. Too funny.