Emotionally Drained

I am so emotionally drained right now. This has been a really bad day. I made all the arrangements at work to take off tommorow for Savannah's appointment with the orthopedic specialist, and it was all for nothing.

I called to confirm the appointment earlier today only to find out that we weren't even scheduled. I was completely shocked because the doctor scheduled this appointment before the end of her check-up, and everything was verified. I called the pediatrician pretty upset. I spent all day trying to get somebody to tell me what the heck was going on.. literately on the phone on and off today. Finally at 5:00 p.m., the pediatrician called me. She was extremely apologetic and told me that the person at the specialist clinic who set up the appointment was not the person who usually does this, and she did not know that this specialist no longer sees patients with Savannah's problem. When the lady who normally does the appointments saw we were scheduled for Congenital Hip Dysplasia, she canceled my appt and didn't bother calling me or the pediatrician.

I was so livid that the lady didn't bother calling me or the pediatrician. I can't begin to understand how somebody could be so heartless of somebody else's situation to do something like this. I mean it's not like we were seeing a SPECIALIST for the fun of it. She has a serious problem exspecially with it being caught at her age, and it's critical we start treating her ASAP. So, for this woman to just brush it off like she did, it really burns me up. I am going to call and speak to somebody tommorow when they open and do some major complaining. I don't appreciate what she did. I am a forgiving person, but when it comes to Savannah, I will come completely unglued. She's the most precious thing in my life, and I'm pretty protective of her.

The pediatrician told me they are trying to get her an appointment to see a orthopedic specialist at Children's Hospital. I was told they would call me tommorow by noon, and if for some reason I haven't heard from anybody regarding an appointment time, etc, by noon, I am to call the pediatric clinic and tell them to put me through immediately to a nurse named Elena. I hope I don't have to do that. I just hope they call me with the freaken information because if I have to chase people around tommorow begging for help, I think I'll scream. I've been through enough!

So, to sum it all up.. I have taken off work tommorow for no apparent reason now. I can't get in touch with my principal to tell her what happened, so she could cancel the sub. I guess I will just have a day off tommorow. I just don't have the days to be missing like this, but it's not the end of the world either. I don't know what else I can do. This was not my fault, so they can't hold that against me. They'll get over it. It's not like they really seriously give a crap about me anyway. If they give me a lot of trouble over this, I will just call my AEA rep. Point is.. I really don't care. I probably won't be there next year anyway.

I took a hot bubble bath to try and relax, but I'm still pretty tense. I am going to bed soon, and maybe sleep will be the best thing right now because I am completely emotionally screwed up, and just completely drained.