My Great Hubby

So I've gone to the doctor a few times this week because of a pain I've been having in my side. They think it could possibly be a kidney stone. I had to go in today for an IVP, a test to determine if there are actual stones. The doctor was trying to get me in today because the pain had gotten worse and otherwise I'd have to wait until Tuesday. The nurse called at 1:40pm and said I needed to be there at 2:00pm and that the test would take an hour! Sure no problem I just needed to get dressed, wake up my child who I had just put down for a nap, and oh yeah...find someone to keep him, all in 20 minutes!!! So I called Jarrod and asked if he could come home immediately, but we realized that it would take him 20 mintues just to get home, much less me make it to the doctor. So...I packed up Bo, made a bottle, threw a bunch of toys in the diaper bag, and headed off to the radiology office. Jarrod met me there and took care of him in the waiting room for an hour!!

Remember...Bo did not get his afternoon nap so you can imagine how happy he was. All the ladies in the office fell in love with Bo, they were so sweet. We completely took over their children's waiting area...put on Jungle Book and turned out the lights hoping that would send him off to dreamland. Apparently it didn't work that well and Jarrod had to pull out all the stops. When I was done (an hour later) I walked out and handed in my paper work. The girl could tell I was looking for Jarrod and Bo and she said..."they are in there, I think he finally fell asleep." Uh oh I thought...that means there was a breakdown!!! Jarrod said he was fussy, but did okay up until the last 15 minutes or so and then it was total chaos and he was out.

Tonight I thanked Jarrod for coming to help today so I could go to the doctor. His response was..."It's okay, it's part of it". The fact that he said that means the world to me. There are many husbands/dads out there who think it's the mom's responsibility to figure all of those things out. Let me point out that Jarrod is SLAMMED at work, he can hardly see straight, but he still left to take care of Bo for me. Not many men would do that. I just want him to know how much I appreciate it and how much I love him! THANK YOU Honey!!!!