Cincinnati trip 3, day 2

Well I'm already behind. The alarm went off at 5:30 EST which is 3:30 MTN. I just hate getting up before 7 am body time regardless of time zone. So I feel irritable already. And, three boys are sleeping while I get everything ready. With The young ones this is better, but the old one...well it's typical.

Heading off to start our week of poo.

Now it's over 12 hours later and the boys are going to bed and I'm recounting the rest of the day.

We arrived at the hospital at 8:00 am and sat through an hour and a half of lecture. It was insightful on the challenges preventing more research on incontinence but as for teaching us anything useful for taking care of Kyle, well let's just say we are more informed than most... We learned more about bowels than most people deem socially polite. It's very interesting to learn about how prevalent bowel challenges are. There is very little support for research in bowel treatment because it's not a glamorous problem like heart defects or Siamese twins. I'm disappointed in society as a whole because of this discrimination, but I'm not suprised.

Anyway, I picked out a few tidbits and then we were off to x-ray and a clinic visit. 8 hours later we were done. We had eaten, taken several potty breaks, got Kyles neo-Malone tube removed, learned to cath him, Kyle had a rectal exam done, a flu shot and a g-tube change. We got back to the hotel and I sent the boys away and laid down. I didnt sleep - darn, but I rested and it was nice. Then I worked out and dined at Alan's favorite restaurant - Bob Evans.

Now we are meeting Alan's sister Nicole and her family. They are visiting from Illinois for the weekend. We hope to go to the Freedom center and the aquarium and maybe an indoor water park. Should be fun and tiring.

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