So today we got word from the cardiology department that our medical insurance company has approved the start of the process. Consultations, recommendations, evaluations, blood work and tests will be ordered by the specialists on the team. First appointments are next Thursday October 7th. One of the appointments is with the hematologist that she has been seeing for anemia and low blood clotting factors.

The other appointment is with the liver specialist. This will be our first time meeting him. I’m quite sure he has a ton of blood work that he needs to see results of before he makes his final recommendation but we are very eager to hear what he has to say.

Cardiology already told me that they will coordinate all of her blood work that needs to be done between the two doctors. One office will order everything that they both need so that she is not poked multiple times.

She has very difficult veins and is usually always poked multiple times to get what they need. She cries, sweats, and holds her breath which leads to her turn blue just from blood draws. She is so strong and is so used to going to Children’s Hospital for her doctors appointments and she is fine with that. But once she knows she has to have her blood drawn she loses it. Because I know that she is going to have a ton of things done to her that is brand new to her, I already put in a request to have someone from anesthesia come to the clinic to draw her blood so we can eliminate her anxieties and fears. What I have to be right now is her advocate. Anything that will minimize her fears and help her get through ALL of this without being mentally traumatized, that’s what we will do. Whew. Things are moving along now. God is putting the team together. His absolute best team of the most talented, experienced, anointed, passionate, and wise men and women specifically for Kendall Todd.

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