A couple of weeks ago the moving process finally began well, moving. Sam was presented with a checklist of things that needed to be done. Most of this was getting Laura and I approved for an overseas move, we got to work right away making appointments with the pediatrician, family medicine and dentist. We waited weeks for the first available appointment, but thought we were rewarded when each of these doctors told us they didn’t see any reason why we wouldn’t be cleared right away. Imagine our surprise when on Wednesday we had a surprise meeting in front of a medical panel. It turns out that only the dentist knew what he was talking about; Laura and I were to be enrolled in the “Exceptional Family Member Program”. Laura was to be enrolled in this program for three reasons a skin condition on her face that the pediatrician felt should be seen by a dermatologist once a month, a cyst under her eye which they thought could require an optometry visit sometime in the future and my personal favorite a risk of tonsillitis that should be monitored by an ENT regularly. When we explained this was clearly a mistake the “Doctor Board” responded with I’m just telling you what it says on the paperwork, you can make an appointment with the doctors to discuss this. I found this unacceptable to wait another 2 weeks for an appointment; I set out immediately for the pediatric clinic once there I explained there must be a mistake my daughter was perfectly healthy. The receptionist and nurses there were very helpful and told us no there was no need for an appointment they could clear this up now. What a relief when Laura’s paper work was handed back to us 20 minutes later stating she was a “well child”. Unfortunately what I felt like was also a mistake on my paper work was not as easy to clear up.
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